{"id":2373275,"date":"2024-11-25T14:23:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T19:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-media-scream-axios-founder-rants-elon-musk-is-bullsit-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-25T14:24:30","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T19:24:30","slug":"liberal-media-scream-axios-founder-rants-elon-musk-is-bullsit-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-media-scream-axios-founder-rants-elon-musk-is-bullsit-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberal Media Scream: Axios founder rants \u2018Elon Musk is bulls**it\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fliberal-media-scream-axios-founder-rants-elon-musk-is-bullsit-washington-examiner%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=2373275&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--><p>In a\u200d recent segment of the &#8220;Liberal Media Scream&#8221;\u2064 hosted by MSNBC, Axios co-founder Jim VandeHei expressed strong criticism of Elon Musk \u200cand his claims\u200c regarding the media. During the Fourth Estate Award Gala, VandeHei vehemently rejected Musk\u2019s assertion that social media users, including himself, represent the media. He stated, &#8220;Bulls**t. You\u2019re not the media,&#8221;\u200b emphasizing \u200cthat \u200csimply having a Twitter account and \u2062posting \u2064opinions does not equate to the rigor and\u2063 responsibility of journalism.<\/p>\n<p>VandeHei articulated the challenges of being a reporter, highlighting the necessity of transparency, freedom of the press, and the \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kjp-snaps-when-asked-about-biden-saying-he-recently-talked-to-french-president-who-died-27-years-ago\/\" title=\"KJP loses temper over Biden&#039;s claim of talking to deceased French President\">essential role journalists play<\/a> in a democratic society. He asserted that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">real journalism requires hard work<\/a> and commitment to uncovering the truth, contrasting it with the\u200b superficiality of social media commentary. His remarks resonated with the audience and sparked discussions\u200d about the importance and integrity of journalism amid the rise of digital\u2064 platforms\u2064 like Twitter, which Musk owns. The segment portrayed VandeHei\u2019s powerful stance\u2063 as a defense of journalistic standards against the backdrop of growing\u200b skepticism toward traditional media \u2064by\u200b some figures\u200d in the \u2064tech world.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Liberal Media Scream: Axios founder rants &lsquo;Elon Musk is bulls**it&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1892543\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>This week&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3233870\/liberal-media-scream-abc-martha-raddatz-shows-time-boycott-networks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Liberal Media Scream<\/a> features the co-founder of <em>Axios<\/em> ranting about billionaire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elon Musk<\/a> and his comments on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/x-twitter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">X<\/a> about being part of the news media.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Being a reporter&rsquo;s hard,&rdquo; said Jim VandeHei. &ldquo;Elon Musk sits on Twitter every day, or X today, saying, like, &lsquo;we are the media, you are the media.&rsquo; My message to Elon Musk is: Bulls**t. You&rsquo;re not the media. You having a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/our-founding-fathers-guaranteed-due-process-in-the-bill-of-rights-why-doesnt-that-apply-to-the-daunte-wright-case\/\" title=\"Our Founding Fathers Guaranteed \u2018Due Process\u2019 In The Bill Of Rights. Why Doesn\u2019t That Apply To The Daunte Wright Case?\">blue check mark<\/a>, a Twitter handle, and 300 words of cleverness doesn&rsquo;t make you a reporter.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>VandeHei&rsquo;s comments came after he accepted the National Press Club&rsquo;s Fourth Estate Award. Musk has been on X from Mar-a-Lago zinging the media as he prepares to head the Trump-created Department of Government Efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>The billionaire&rsquo;s comments irked many in the media, especially since he owns X, and VandeHei showed that he&rsquo;s one of those miffed with Musk.<\/p>\n<p>The comments were shown on MSNBC&rsquo;s <em>Morning Joe,<\/em> which dubbed them &ldquo;very powerful.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Axios Founder: &lsquo;My Message to Elon Musk is Bullshit. You&rsquo;re Not the Media&rsquo;\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CMwVDMo6alg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Jim Vandehei at the Fourth Estate Award Gala held Thursday at the National Press Club, as played Monday on <em>Morning Joe<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><strong>JIM VANDEHEI: <\/strong><em>I hate this damn debate about, oh, &ldquo;we don&rsquo;t need the media.&rdquo; It is not true &hellip; There&rsquo;s something about freedom, capitalism, the animal spirits of democracy, but at the core of that is maybe transparency, maybe a free press, maybe the ability to do your job without worrying to go to jail, maybe the ability to sit in a war zone and tell people what is actually happening so they&rsquo;re not just looking at distortion, matters.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It matters profoundly. It&rsquo;s why, it&rsquo;s not like we just love getting up at 3:00, 4:00 in the morning, doing this every single day, we do it because we love it. We do it because it matters. The work that we do matters. Everything we do is under fire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Elon Musk sits on Twitter every day, or X today, saying like, &ldquo;We are the media, you are the media.&rdquo; My message to Elon Musk is: Bull<\/em>s**<em>t. You&rsquo;re not the media. You having &ndash; [applause] you having a blue check mark, a Twitter handle, and 300 words of cleverness doesn&rsquo;t make you a reporter any more than me looking at your head and seeing that you have a brain and telling you have an awesome set of tools makes me a damn neurosurgeon.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Right? Like what we do, what journalists do, what you did in Mississippi, what Al Jazeera does in the Middle East, you don&rsquo;t proclaim yourself to be a reporter. Like, that&rsquo;s nonsense. Like being a reporter&rsquo;s hard. Really hard. You have to care. You have to do the hard work. You have to get up every single day and say I want to get to the closest approximation of the truth without any fear, without any favoritism. You don&rsquo;t do that by popping off on Twitter. You don&rsquo;t do that by having an opinion. You do it by doing the hard work.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>JOE SCARBOROUGH:<\/strong> <em>Yeah. Come on, slow clap, everybody. First of all, I got to say, extraordinary content. It needed to be said. It continues to need to be said when all of the garbage that&rsquo;s flying around on social media, lying about reporters, lying about the hard work they do, lying about the hard work editors do, lying about everything up and down about not only their alternative set of facts but alternative set of facts about what people like you do. And I love how you connected reporters in Mississippi in the 1960s to reporters fighting for their life to get the story out in the Middle East today. Jim, it was very powerful.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>MIKA BRZEZINSKI:<\/strong> <em>Really good.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>SCARBOROUGH:<\/strong> <em>Very powerful.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc.org\/staff\/brent-baker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Brent Baker<\/a>, the Steven P.J. Wood senior fellow and vice president for research and publications at the Media Research Center, explained our pick: &ldquo;Arrogance combined with obliviousness. In the face of record low trust in the media, instead of some introspection about why the media have lost the public&rsquo;s trust, VandeHei decided to instead lash out at the competition, a platform which wouldn&rsquo;t have such relevance if the legacy media weren&rsquo;t so discredited. It&rsquo;s as if Ford responded to exploding Pintos by denouncing the gas mileage claims made by GM.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Rating:<\/span> <em><strong>FIVE<\/strong> out of <strong>FIVE<\/strong> Screams.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1892543\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1892543\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Axios co-founder Jim VandeHei criticizes Elon Musk&#8217;s claims about media, stating, &#8220;Being a reporter\u2019s hard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2373276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Donald-Trump-vxvv1-Elon-Musk-bbv3.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[9791,32192,32491,33295,32171],"class_list":["post-2373275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-axios","tag-elon-musk","tag-liberal-media","tag-media-criticism","tag-political-commentary"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Donald-Trump-vxvv1-Elon-Musk-bbv3.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2373275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2373275"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2373275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2373279,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2373275\/revisions\/2373279"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2373276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2373275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2373275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2373275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}