Mario Nawfal@MarioNawfal · Aug 13, 2024

🧵🇺🇸 MAINSTREAM MEDIA SKEWS TRUMP-ELON X SPACE COVERAGE, IGNORES RECORD-BREAKING SUCCESS Major news outlets show…

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A thread criticizes mainstream media outlets for focusing on technical glitches during a Trump-Elon Musk X Space that drew 1.32+ million listeners and 77+ million impressions, arguing news organizations deliberately ignored the record-breaking engagement to push negative narratives.

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🧵🇺🇸 MAINSTREAM MEDIA SKEWS TRUMP-ELON X SPACE COVERAGE, IGNORES RECORD-BREAKING SUCCESS Major news outlets show clear bias in reporting the Trump-Elon X Space. The numbers speak for themselves: - 1.32+ million live listeners during the Space - 77+ million impressions in just 3 hours - Over 343,000 likes, 104,000 reposts, and 318,000 comments Despite this unprecedented engagement, mainstream media focuses on technical issues, ignoring its massive success and impact on political discourse.
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1. MSNBC: "At least he's consistent": Brian Tyler Cohen reacts to Elon Musk's glitchy X interview with Donald Trump" Consistency in tech issues or in breaking audience records? MSNBC seems confused.
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2. AP: "Trump and Musk talk about assassination attempt and deportations during glitchy chat on X" AP manages to ignore 1.3M listeners while fixating on temporary glitches. Stellar journalism.
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3. The Guardian: "US election live: Trump rehashes vitriol and falsehoods in rambling talk with Musk on X" "Rambling talk" attracts more listeners than Guardian's yearly readership.
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4. Bloomberg: "Musk Pitches White House Role in Glitchy Trump Conversation" Bloomberg pitches bias in glitchy attempt at objective reporting.
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5. CNN: "At several points throughout Donald Trump's Monday interview with Elon Musk, the former president's speech sounded as if he had a lisp or was slurring his words, attracting attention online." CNN obsesses over pronunciation while 1.3M listeners focus on content. Perhaps it's CNN's journalistic standards that are slurring.
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6. The Washington Post: "Live Election Updates: Trump Revisits His Talking Points in Delayed Online Talk With Musk" WaPo revisits biased reporting in delayed attempt at relevance.
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7. New York Times: "Live Election Updates: Trump Revisits His Talking Points in Delayed Online Talk With Musk" NYT calls familiar policy positions "talking points," ignores massive audience eager to hear them.
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8. In closing... Linda Yaccarino: "Unscripted. Unfiltered. So Real. So good!" X's CEO cuts through legacy media spin, highlighting what over 1M listeners already knew - this was groundbreaking, authentic political discourse.

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