How Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover Endangers The Free Press

Elon Musk has reinstated the Twitter accounts of several journalists he suspended, but he’s already had a chilling effect on the media. “It further disrupts and dismantles a really important piece of our larger information ecosystem,” Media Matters president Angelo Carusone tells MSNBC’s Alicia Menendez.


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#ElonMusk #Twitter #Journalists

[elonmooske]

Amazing they're concerned about free speech

[liberty-matrix]

“Twitter is both a social media company and a crime scene.” ~Elon Musk

[AdamCKA]

"Censorship is only okay when it favors us" - them probably

[MrKbonez]

I gotta say, I'm enjoying the shitlib meltdowns. This is fkin great

[illuvatar]

Twitterr was doing a pretty good job of "endangering the free press" before Musk too.
Love the people suddenly concerned about press freedom who've been silent on Assange for the past decade.

[t.r.campbell]

The Twitter takeover does not in danger a free press. Thanks for asking.

[salortiz]

They’re a private company and they can do whatever they want.

[franciscofranco]

Lol hilarious to see the liberal reaction when they’re scared the tables are turning.

[oldskool]

So it's OK to bury whatever you disapprove of or not ? I'm confused.

[ilikedabeans]

The establishment is just mad that they lost one of their most powerful avenues to censor dissent.

[tbonearmyvet]

MSNBC give it a rest! Who are you trying to kid? As an African-American female mother and grandmother and conservative I haven't felt free to express my opinion on Twitter in years Elon Musk is making that happen.

[msmithy]

Banning the NY Post for a true story is what again?

[billbarr]

you mean that the free press are going to have to do some actual journalistic work instead of picking up their 'news' from the latest woke twitter trend

[AEnema]

In the land of the Billionaires, "Rules for thee, but not for me."😡

[TablossAF]

They're losing their safe woke space.😂😂

[thatdiyguyraymondmonk]

The media should all abandon twitter and find another method for communication.

[featheringitbrutha]

The media upset that Musk is releasing factual information. How ironic

[DarthWaffle.]

How bout everybody grow up. Either leave Twitter or shut up. It’s his company, he can do what he wants.

[anetaszczepaniak]

Lies and misrepresentations, designed to fool the naive.

[georgiapeach]

Man they love to flip the narrative on someone who’s for the people 🤣