{"id":2373314,"date":"2024-11-25T15:26:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T20:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desperate-mainstream-media-ceo-launches-vulgar-tirade-over-the-way-elon-musk-has-changed-media-forever\/"},"modified":"2024-11-25T15:26:59","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T20:26:59","slug":"desperate-mainstream-media-ceo-launches-vulgar-tirade-over-the-way-elon-musk-has-changed-media-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desperate-mainstream-media-ceo-launches-vulgar-tirade-over-the-way-elon-musk-has-changed-media-forever\/","title":{"rendered":"Desperate Mainstream Media CEO Launches Vulgar Tirade Over the Way Elon Musk Has Changed Media Forever"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fdesperate-mainstream-media-ceo-launches-vulgar-tirade-over-the-way-elon-musk-has-changed-media-forever%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=2373314&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>The article discusses a segment from the MSNBC show &#8220;Morning Joe,&#8221; where co-host Joe Scarborough praises Axios CEO\u2064 Jim \u200dVandeHei for his defense of traditional media, in the context of criticisms aimed at Elon Musk, the owner of the social media platform X (formerly Twitter). VandeHei delivered a speech that included a strong rebuttal to Musk\u2019s assertion that \u200banyone can claim to be a journalist simply through social media engagement. He emphasized that being a reporter is a challenging job that requires dedication and cannot be self-proclaimed. The segment\u200c culminates in a display\u200b of agreement from the MSNBC panel, \u200dwho applauded \u2062VandeHei\u2019s comments. However, the author critiques both VandeHei&#8217;s and Scarborough&#8217;s remarks as lacking substance and merely serving as\u200d a mutual affirmation of the media\u2019s importance, while asserting \u200bthat the \u200cbroader establishment media has lost credibility due to past dishonesty. The text suggests that these media figures are out of touch\u200b with their audience, as evidenced by declining ratings.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>In established industries, credible people who perform worthwhile tasks need not tout their own credibility or worthiness.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, those with self-respect should not cry &ldquo;we matter&rdquo; and pat themselves on the back, particularly when their own record of dishonesty has paved the way for upstarts to displace them.<\/p>\n<p>Monday on MSNBC&rsquo;s &ldquo;Morning Joe,&rdquo; co-host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fact-check-trump-say-joe-scarborough-behaved-like-scolded-dog-mar-lago-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Scarborough<\/a> made a blathering fool of himself while praising one of the show&rsquo;s remote guests, Axios CEO Jim VandeHei, who last week launched into a vulgar tirade against X owner Elon Musk&rsquo;s repeated claims that his social media platform has supplanted the establishment media as a source of news.<\/p>\n<p>The segment began with a clip from VandeHei&rsquo;s speech on Thursday at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>In the first part of the clip, VandeHei delivered an impassioned defense of traditional media. As a statement of ideals, his paean to America and the need for a &ldquo;free press&rdquo; hardly sounded objectionable.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The second part of the clip, however, featured VandeHei saying what the muddleheaded Scarborough and co-host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mika-brzezinski-loses-cool-live-msnbc-turns-unhinged-rhetoric-trump-surges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mika Brzezinski<\/a> really wanted to hear.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Elon Musk sits on Twitter every day, or X today, saying like &lsquo;We are the media! You are the media!&rdquo; VandeHei said in a clip posted to YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My message to Elon Musk is &lsquo;Bulls***!&#8217;&rdquo; the Axios CEO exclaimed.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, applause ensued from the journalists in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You having a blue check mark, a Twitter handle and 300 words of cleverness doesn&rsquo;t make you a reporter,&rdquo; an increasingly animated VandeHei later added.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, as defiant as they sounded, VandeHei&rsquo;s words proved empty.<\/p>\n<p>For all his thunderous advocacy on behalf of establishment &ldquo;news,&rdquo; the Axios CEO said little of substance. He insisted that one cannot simply &ldquo;proclaim&rdquo; oneself a reporter. He called the reporter&rsquo;s job &ldquo;really hard&rdquo; and declared that a reporter must &ldquo;care.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Then, without a shred of irony, he said that reporters must get as close as possible to the truth.<\/p>\n<p>When the clip ended, the entire MSNBC panel, including Brzezinski and notorious race-hustler <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/al-sharpton-threatens-mcdonalds-accuses-company-racism-says-comes-big-macs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Al Sharpton<\/a>, clapped with approval.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Scarborough treated the show&rsquo;s few remaining viewers to more than two minutes of mindless nonsense.<\/p>\n<p>First, the co-host blamed social media users for &ldquo;lying about reporters&rdquo; and the work they do.<\/p>\n<p>Then, in an embarrassing display, he heaped effusive praise on not only VandeHei but other establishment voices.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What you do matters,&rdquo; Scarborough said, adding emphasis to every word. &ldquo;What The New York Times does matters, what the Wall Street Journal does matters, what [Politico and MSNBC reporter] Jonathan Lemire does matters, what the Financial Times does matters, what NBC News and MSNBC reporters do matters. It matters.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Readers who wish to view the entire spectacle may do so in the video below. Scarborough&rsquo;s clownish antics began around the 2:50 mark:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RgQBS7-nHr8?si=67MvtRoz9Ng0fCT9\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Of course, VandeHei&rsquo;s speech and Scarborough&rsquo;s screed amounted to little more than therapy sessions masquerading as manifestos.<\/p>\n<p>After all, if those reporters and outlets truly &ldquo;mattered&rdquo; at the moment, then readers and viewers would know it. An Axios CEO and an MSNBC co-host would not have to announce it via thunderous-yet-meaningless proclamations.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the establishment media has only itself to blame for its vanished credibility. Even if we kept to the last eight years, a complete inventory of media lies might take decades to compile.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, while media figures reassure one another of their own merits, their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/msnbc-ratings-crater-election-network-gives-rachel-maddow-brutal-new-deal-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ratings<\/a> plummet, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/joe-rogan-finally-makes-endorsement-elon-musk-lays-compelling-case-trump-hear\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Musk<\/a> &mdash; the greatest practical champion of free speech in recent history &mdash; both observes and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elon-musk-buying-msnbc-social-media-world-jumps-conclusions-noticing-familiar-question-billionaire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plots<\/a> their ultimate demise.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Additionally, those with self-respect shouldn&#8217;t proclaim &#8220;we matter&#8221; and congratulate themselves, especially when their history of dishonesty has allowed newcomers to take their place. On Monday&#8217;s episode of MSNBC&#8217;s &#8220;Morning Joe,&#8221; co-host Joe Scarborough embarrassed himself while praising Axios CEO Jim VandeHei, who recently launched a vulgar attack on Elon Musk&#8217;s assertions that his platform has replaced traditional media as a news source. The segment began with a clip of VandeHei passionately defending traditional media at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., where his call for a &#8220;free press&#8221; seemed largely uncontroversial. However, the latter part of the clip revealed VandeHei saying what Scarborough and co-host Mika Brzezinski wanted to hear: \u201cElon Musk sits on Twitter every day&#8230; saying \u2018We are the media! You are the media!\u2019 My message to Elon Musk is \u2018Bulls***!&#8217;\u201d This drew applause from journalists present. He further stated that merely having a blue checkmark and clever tweets does not make one a reporter. Despite his fervent defense of established news outlets, VandeHei\u2019s remarks lacked substance; he claimed being a reporter is challenging and requires genuine care for truth without offering any real insights. Afterward, Scarborough entertained viewers with over two minutes of pointless commentary where he blamed social media users for misrepresenting reporters&#8217; work and excessively praised various establishment figures and organizations for their importance\u2014emphasizing that \u201cwhat you do matters.\u201d Ultimately, both VandeHei\u2019s speech and Scarborough\u2019s comments resembled self-congratulatory therapy sessions rather than meaningful discourse; if these outlets truly held significance today, they wouldn&#8217;t need such loud declarations to assert it. The decline in credibility within mainstream media is largely self-inflicted; even an inventory of lies from just the past eight years could take years to compile. As these figures reassure each other about their worthiness amid plummeting ratings, Musk\u2014who champions free speech\u2014watches closely as they face potential downfall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2373315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/vandehei.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2373314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/vandehei.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2373314","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2373314"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2373314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2373317,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2373314\/revisions\/2373317"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2373315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2373314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2373314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2373314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}