The Media Is Making the Same Mistakes with Musk That It Did with Trump

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Twitter is a soap opera where Elon Musk is the star, the only actor in the spotlight, writes Roger McNamee (Moonalice). The world should look away

, claiming that they endangered him and his family by revealing locations in real time. One of the accusations—about stalking Musk’s son—has been called into question because Musk did not file a police report. What is not contested is that some of the journalists tweeted about the suspension of an account called

Like Donald Trump, Elon Musk does not respect journalists. Even those who do Musk’s bidding are not safe, asshortly after she amplified internal Twitter communications related to the story about Hunter Biden’s laptop. Journalists cannot win by appeasing Musk. They can only win by doing their job, by standing up to the powerful in the public interest.

Now journalists are trying to build a presence on Mastodon, Post.news or other possible alternatives, but most remain active on Twitter because of its huge advantages of scale and their impact there. Many journalists believe the current issues with Musk are an extreme form of the flawed Twitter they have come to love, the one they have long described as a “hell site.” They desperately want Twitter to remain viable as a platform, for Musk to get bored and move on.

In what world would that tweet be editorially inappropriate? Certainly not on Twitter. For at least a decade, media companies like NBC have encouraged their journalists to use social media to increase reach and build their brand. They believe it is good for business. They know that the tone and standards on Twitter are very different from those in newspapers and television news. No matter what you think of the tone, and I think it is fine, Ben Collins’ tweet is manifestly accurate.

 

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Moonalice 'Journalism does not need Twitter. It cannot fight w/ Elon Musk on Musk's home turf. The only way to beat people like Musk is to not play that game.' I disagree. elonmusk's 'turf' is 1st Amend & ppl 'like him' are THE PEOPLE who will not play media game of control & censorship

Moonalice Elon Musk is a SUPERSTAR!! We Love Elon Musk! Most brilliant and Brave man on the planet!!!! You voted him man of the year! Right on! He is Man of the Decade! And will be Man of the century!!! You will see!!! ❤️

Moonalice There is something wrong with a media site when a sizeable proportion of the news that appears on the site is about the owner.

Moonalice Elon is 🔥

Moonalice No one cares about what you say.

Moonalice TBD, ain't no LEADER deserves to do that in the first place, as it pours a sense of doubt in one's capacities. ☝️ especially when the world already knows the who's who overflowingcapacity. 🔥🎯🦚

Moonalice TBD, ain't no LEADER does that, as it pours a sense of doubt in one's capacities. ☝️ especially when the world already knows the overflowingcapacity. 🔥🎯🦚

Moonalice lmfao

Moonalice I didn't get to participate in the poll!

Moonalice Who the hell is Roger McNamee?

Moonalice You want the world to look away from the FBI squashing a true story to rig the 2020 election, and in doing so employing like-minded political allies like you who were derelict in their duty to tell the truth.

Moonalice Y’all should write some real news and not this garbage.

Moonalice Why 'should' the world, or any individual, do ANYTHING? Why is there always a SHOULD with you people? You're like 4th graders spying on other kids at recess. 'Naughty, naughty!!! I'm telling!!!'

Moonalice Entrepreneur should never give up, electric cars are the future. tesla ElonMusk

Moonalice Epic Bot Trap...again 🤣🤣🤣🤡

Moonalice 'claming that they endangered him and his family by revealing locations in real time.'

Moonalice WOW. said nothing as Twitter abused Americans, and now says 'turn away' once the abuse stops. SHAME

Moonalice Circus and

Moonalice The world should look away from twitter, yet you’re tweeting the article? Laughable

Moonalice 'Look away while I write an article about it to get clicks.'

Moonalice Translation; “”we can’t control people.””

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