Tweets Aren’t Journalism, X Isn’t a News Site, and Elon Musk Is an Idiot
If users of the social media platform X really “are the media now,” as Elon Musk claims, then its owner would qualify as the worst journalist of all time.
Elon Musk likes to brag that his social media platform X is the world’s top source of news and that its users “are the media now.” It’s tough to put in words how incredibly ridiculous that is.
But we’ll give it a shot.
First of all, it goes without saying that a bunch of right-wing influencers opining, spreading misinformation, and getting each other riled up isn’t “the news.”
And “Catturd,” “End Wokeness,” or “DogeDesigner,” i.e., some of the accounts Musk likes to amplify, are angry conservatives, not journalists.
To illustrate the point, let’s look at something that last dude posted on Saturday… a picture of Musk taking a photo at the newly restored Notre Dame cathedral with the words “Anyone can become a citizen journalist. You just need a mobile, internet and app.”
