{"id":1426576,"date":"2022-04-09T07:30:13","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T11:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1426576"},"modified":"2022-04-09T07:30:19","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T11:30:19","slug":"elon-musk-mocks-bezos-owned-wapo-op-ed-calling-for-rich-people-to-be-prevented-from-controlling-media-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-mocks-bezos-owned-wapo-op-ed-calling-for-rich-people-to-be-prevented-from-controlling-media-platforms\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Mocks Bezos-Owned WaPo Op-Ed Calling for Rich People to Be Prevented From Controlling Media Platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felon-musk-mocks-bezos-owned-wapo-op-ed-calling-for-rich-people-to-be-prevented-from-controlling-media-platforms%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1426576&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"speechkit-wrapper\" class=\"speechkit-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Tesla CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/elon-musk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon Musk<\/a> had some fun at the expense of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/washington-post-hunter-biden-laptop-story-coverage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a> in a response to an op-ed condemning his growing influence with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/tech\/companies\/twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Musk shocked the world this week when it was revealed he purchased 9.2% stake in Twitter, Inc., making him the largest shareholder in the social media giant. He made even more headlines when it was announced that he was joining Twitter&#8217;s board of directors, suggesting he could have influence over Twitter&#8217;s policies in favor of free speech principles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Post published a piece on Friday titled, &#8220;Elon Musk\u2019s vision of \u2018free speech\u2019 will be bad for Twitter.&#8221; In it, tech investor and former Reddit CEO Ellen K. Pao bashed the billionaire&#8217;s bought-in &#8220;welcome&#8221; to Twitter, calling it &#8220;highly disconcerting \u2014 a slap in the face, even.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/elon-musk-twitter-cnn-brain-stelter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CNN&#8217;S BRIAN STELTER SAYS THERE&#8217;S A \u2018FEAR\u2019 ABOUT ELON MUSK BECOMING TWITTER&#8217;S LARGEST SHAREHOLDER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Musk has been open about his preference that Twitter do less to restrict speech that many see as hateful, abusive or dangerous. Given his new influence, the way he himself has used the platform bodes ill for its future,&#8221; Pao wrote. &#8220;Musk, who has nearly 81 million followers, often punches down in his tweets, displaying very little empathy. He called a British caver who helped to rescue trapped young Thai divers \u2018a pedo guy\u2019 (beating a defamation suit over the slur but adding to his reputation as a bully). In February, he tweeted, then deleted, a meme comparing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to Adolf Hitler.&#8221; \u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/640\/320\/2022-04-04T191616Z_171445720_RC2IGT9A12OC_RTRMADP_3_MUSK-TWITTER.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"FILE PHOTO: SpaceX founder Elon Musk. REUTERS\/Mike Blake\/File Photo\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      FILE PHOTO: SpaceX founder Elon Musk. REUTERS\/Mike Blake\/File Photo<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(REUTERS\/Mike Blake\/File Photo)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Pao mocked the tech mogul for calling himself a &#8220;free-speech absolutist,&#8221; writing, &#8220;like many \u2018free speech\u2019 advocates, he willfully ignores that private companies are free to establish some limits on their platforms.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Twitter made strides to remove hate and harassment and to give users more control over how they share their opinions\u2026 It added features that let users limit who could reply to their tweets, created labels for misleading content and banned President Donald Trump\u2019s account. After all that, bringing Musk onto the board seems like a big step backward,&#8221; Pao wrote. &#8220;He can bend the company toward his preferences, removing reasonable policies on hateful speech and urging people who are harassed to have thicker skins.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/joy-reid-elon-musk-twitter-arsonists-cosplaying-firefighters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>MSNBC POLITICAL ANALYST CALLS ELON MUSK&#8217;S TWITTER PURCHASE LIKE \u2018ARSONISTS COSPLAYING AS FIREFIGHTERS\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>She continued, &#8220;Musk\u2019s appointment to Twitter\u2019s board shows that we need regulation of social-media platforms to prevent rich people from controlling our channels of communication. For starters, we need consistent definitions of harassment and of content that violates personal privacy. Most companies, I suspect, would welcome such regulations\u2026 If platforms continue to push for growth at all costs \u2014 without such regulations \u2014 people will continue to be harmed. The people harmed will disproportionately be those who have been harmed for centuries \u2014 women and members of marginalized racial and ethnic groups. The people who benefit from unrestricted amplification of their views will also be the same people who have benefited from that privilege for centuries.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/640\/320\/Ellen-Pao.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Ellen Pao speaks to the media after losing her high profile gender discrimination lawsuit against venture capital firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers in San Francisco, California March 27, 2015. REUTERS\/Beck Diefenbach\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Ellen Pao speaks to the media after losing her high profile gender discrimination lawsuit against venture capital firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers in San Francisco, California March 27, 2015. REUTERS\/Beck Diefenbach<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(REUTERS\/Beck Diefenbach)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The irony of The Washington Post publishing Pao&#8217;s remark calling for &#8220;regulation of social media platforms to prevent rich people from controlling our channels of communication&#8221; was not lost among critics, who pointed out that the paper is owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Even Musk himself was in on the joke.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Lmaooo,&#8221; Musk reacted to the op-ed excerpt.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/elon-musk-twitter-takeover-bloomberg-free-speech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BLOOMBERG OP-ED CLAIMS ELON MUSK TWITTER TAKEOVER \u2018BAD NEWS\u2019 FOR FREE SPEECH, MUSK RESPONDS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Several members of the media have been sounding the alarm about Musk&#8217;s growing involvement with Twitter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bloomberg Opinion senior columnist and MSNBC political analyst Tim O&#8217;Brien called the move &#8220;bad news&#8221; for free speech,<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That\u2019s worrisome because it&#8217;s not ideal to have a free speech absolutist who isn\u2019t absolutely in favor of free speech at the helm of \u2014 or even close to \u2014 a media company,&#8221; O&#8217;Brien wrote. &#8220;And he\u2019s in it to scare Twitter\u2019s management. Somebody who has complained that his free speech is being \u2018chilled\u2019 should, perhaps, be sensitive to those nuances.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/640\/320\/ELON-MUSK-TESLA.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Tesla CEO Elon Musk.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Tesla CEO Elon Musk.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(REUTERS\/Aly Song\/File Photo)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>CNN&#8217;s left-wing media correspondent Brian Stelter said there&#8217;s a &#8220;fear&#8221; about Musk becoming a Twitter shareholder.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s interest in billionaires, there&#8217;s celebration of the Musk. There&#8217;s also fear, I think, sometimes or wariness of &#8211; okay, so here&#8217;s the richest man on the planet who just bought a big chunk of one of our most important communications tools,&#8221; Stelter said. &#8220;He&#8217;s also one of the biggest owners of satellites in the world. So he&#8217;s incredibly powerful, incredibly, I don&#8217;t know, am I allowed to use the word \u2018strange\u2019 when talking about Elon Musk?&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>MSNBC political analyst Anand Giridharadas compared Musk&#8217;s investment towards Twitter to &#8220;arsonists cosplaying as firefighters.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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