Editor’s Pick: NR on Ugly Media Reaction to Musk Twitter Takeover

April 27th, 2022 10:57 AM

On Tuesday, National Review’s media and enterprise reporter Isaac Schorr provided a round-up of some of the most outrageous left-wing media reactions to billionaire Elon Musk buying Twitter, sarcastically noting that for many journalists, “It was the darkest day on Earth since net-neutrality repeal.” He then went through “the hysterical reaction of much of the mainstream press.”

Musk: Libs 'Extreme Antibody' Reaction to Twitter Buyout 'Says It All'

April 27th, 2022 10:37 AM

“The extreme antibody reaction from those who fear free speech says it all,” billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk tweeted Tuesday, commenting on the liberal outrage over his purchase of Twitter and plans to open it up to free speech.

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CNN+ Host Wonders if Musk Wants 'To Kill A Puppy' As Free Speech

April 27th, 2022 10:28 AM

If CNN+ wanted yet another example for why it failed so miserably it could look to Tuesday’s edition of Amanpour and Company on CNN International and PBS where CNN+ anchor and business professor Scott Galloway wondered if Elon Musk’s version of free speech includes killing puppies.

Musk: Twitter Censoring Hunter Biden Story ‘Incredibly Inappropriate’

April 27th, 2022 8:13 AM

Elon Musk had a lot to say about free speech since he purchased Twitter for $44 billion this week. “Suspending the Twitter account of a major news organization for publishing a truthful story was obviously incredibly inappropriate,” he tweeted about Twitter’s famous censorship of the Hunter Biden laptop story from the New York Post.

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REID: Musk Misses Apartheid, Wants Conservatives to Attack Jews, Women

April 26th, 2022 11:39 PM

Just when you think MSNBC’s Joy Reid can’t sink any lower, she turns around the next day and makes a comment viler than the previous day. Case in point, on Tuesday night’s The ReidOut, Reid spent a second night freaking out over Tesla CEO Elon Musk buying Twitter. 

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Morning Joe On Musk Twitter: 'We All Believe In Free Speech, BUT...'

April 26th, 2022 5:47 PM

Morning Joe has given a general thumbs-down on Elon Musk's Twitter takeover. there was an exchange between Mika and NYT Washington bureau chief, Bumiller. The latter uttered that classic line, "we all believe in free speech, BUT . . . "  Bumiller went on to fret about the "guardrails" coming down, and claimed Twitter has become "a platform for a lot of misogyny." A terrified Mika recited a…

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NBC, ABC Hype Bezos Claim Musk (Probably Not) Under China’s Influence

April 26th, 2022 5:03 PM

On Tuesday, both NBC’s Today show and ABC’s Good Morning America hyped a suggestion from Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos that fellow billionaire and new Twitter owner Elon Musk might be under the influence of China’s authoritarian regime given the amount of business the Tesla CEO does in the country. However, neither network mentioned that in a…

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The View: Musk Only Protecting Free Speech of 'Straight White Men'

April 26th, 2022 2:51 PM

During their second episode following their spring break, the cackling coven of ABC’s The View decided to spout off about billionaire Elon Musk acquiring Twitter and his promise to promote free speech. But according to infinite wisdom co-host Sunny Hostin, Musk was only interested in protecting the free speech rights of “straight white men” and that he was going to “unleash the trolls…

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Bozell: Musk Twitter Purchase About ‘Free Speech,’ Not Economics

April 26th, 2022 1:10 PM

Billionaire Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter was totally about protecting the First Amendment, and had little to do with labor considerations or investing for financial gain. MRC President and founder Brent Bozell made those remarks during an appearance on Fox Business’ Varney & Co. on Tuesday.

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Journo Frets Musk Might Let ‘Purveyors of...Misinformation’ on Twitter

April 26th, 2022 12:53 PM

Though not anywhere near the DEFCON-1 levels seen on social media and TV on Monday afternoon after it was announced that Elon Musk had bought Twitter, a few White House reporters expressed their misgivings during the Psaki show, including one reporter who was concerned that “purveyors of...misinformation” and “disinformation” would be allowed “to speak” on Twitter and it would be a company…

Jack Dorsey: Elon Musk Is ‘Singular Solution’ To Twitter’s Woes

April 26th, 2022 8:39 AM

Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey was optimistic about Elon Musk’s $44 billion purchase of the platform. He shared his thoughts in a series of tweets Monday evening. “In principle, I don’t believe anyone should own or run Twitter,” he tweeted.

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IRONY: MSNBC's Melber Worries Musk Will Shadowban & Censor Dems

April 26th, 2022 12:27 AM

In one of the most ironic and oblivious things that have ever been said on MSNBC, leftist host of The Beat, Ari Melber complained in a lengthy monologue about Tesla CEO Elon Musk buying Twitter, and actually worried that Musk could shadowban and censor the Democratic Party’s candidates in the upcoming midterm elections without anyone knowing. It’s as if Melber has been living on…

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NBC & CBS: Elon Musk Buying Twitter Unsafe for Women & Minorities

April 25th, 2022 8:54 PM

On Monday night, CBS Evening News & NBC Nightly News melted down reporting the news that Tesla CEO Elon Musk had reached a deal with Twitter to buy the social media platform with CBS wailing that Musk’s commitment to making the social media platform a safe haven for free speech will allow misinformation or disinformation to run rampant, and NBC claiming the platform will…

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MSNBC: ‘Safety’ of Women, Minorities At Risk With Musk Running Twitter

April 25th, 2022 5:53 PM

Minutes after it was officially announced that billionaire Elon Musk had bought Twitter for approximately $44 billion Monday afternoon, MSNBC continued to freak out over the news. Correspondent Jo Ling Kent hyped left-wing “critics” who claimed that their very “safety” was in jeopardy with Musk taking over the social media giant.