A Flummoxed Elon Musk Asks ‘Why is Corporate Journalism Rushing to Defend the State Instead of the People?’

Twitter owner Elon Musk appeared flummoxed today in response to a substack that discussed the response of establishment journalists to the #TwitterFiles.

Reporter Leighton Woodhouse said in a tweet, “Establishment journalists’ response to the Twitter Files is that of a profession committed to protecting the state instead of exposing it.”

In a quote tweet, Musk asked, “Why is corporate journalism rushing to defend the state instead of the people?”

Why is corporate journalism rushing to defend the state instead of the people? https://t.co/uqR0MwiqCx

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 27, 2022

Woodhouse reported that following the release of part 7 of the #TwitterFiles, CNN reporters Evan Perez, Donnie Sullivan, and Brian Fung published a big story, also featured on the news channel, expressly aimed at refuting its findings.

The central claim of the story was that the FBI had never “ordered” Twitter to suppress the Hunter Biden laptop story, Woodhouse explained, and although that is true, it seems clear that the FBI used its influence improperly to discredit a true but politically inconvenient story.

Dinesh D’Souza told Musk in response, “That’s because these people aren’t real journalists, just as a spy posing as a businessman or bartender isn’t really a businessman or a bartender.”

“Today’s journalists are mostly apparatchiks and their media organs resemble Pravda and Izvestia,” D’Souza insisted.

That’s because these people aren’t real journalists, just as a spy posing as a businessman or bartender isn’t really a businessman or a bartender. Today’s journalists are mostly apparatchiks and their media organs resemble Pravda and Izvestia

— Dinesh D'Souza (@DineshDSouza) December 27, 2022

Author Jon Gordon said that he believes, “There are two Americas. One America believes whatever the corporate media tells them.”

“The other America gets their news and info from other sources and clearly sees how the media is lying and protects liars. The second America is growing and it’s why I’m optimistic,” Gordon asserted.

There are two Americas. One America believes whatever the corporate media tells them. The other America gets their news and info from other sources and clearly sees how the media is lying and protects liars. The second America is growing and it’s why I’m optimistic.

— Jon Gordon (@JonGordon11) December 27, 2022