Billionaire and Twitter CEO Elon Musk slammed “corporate journalism” and “legacy media” in separate tweets about the response to the Twitter Files and claims that his reputation is in trouble.
“Why is corporate journalism rushing to defend the state instead of the people?” Musk wrote Tuesday in response to a tweet about a Substack post headlined “In Response to the Twitter Files, Establishment Media Rushes to Defend the FBI,” written by Leighton Woodhouse.
Musk has released several installments of the Twitter Files through independent journalists such as Bari Weiss and Matt Taibbi.
Musk said in the same thread that he was “open” to the idea of purchasing the Substack platform in response to a tweet from Wall Street Silver, who asked if Twitter should purchase Substack and connect the two platforms.
“Twitter plus Substack creates instantly massive competition for obsolete legacy corporate media,” the account said.
Musk on Wednesday also responded to a clip posted by CNBC’s “Squawk Box” and called out “legacy media.”
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