‘You’re not the media’: Axios CEO spars with Elon Musk over journalism on X

THERE IS AN “INFORMATION WAR” HAPPENING.

DECLARED BY AXIOS CEO “JIM VANDEHEI” –

AS HE WON A JOURNALISM AWARD –

AND USED HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH TO CALL OUT ELON MUSK –

THE OWNER OF X – AND SOMEONE WHO ADVOCATES FOR CITIZEN JOURNALISM OVER TRADITIONAL NEWS.

IT’S POSTS LIKE THIS THAT MUSK HAS MADE ON X –

SAYING “YOU ARE THE MEDIA NOW” – 

THAT VANDEHEI REFERRED TO DURING THE SPEECH.

“Our industry, make no joke about it, i’m not going to sugarcoat it like everything we do is under fire. Elon musk sits on twitter everyday or x today saying we are the media or you are the media, my message to elon musk is bull. 

“You having a blue check mark a twitter handle and 300 words of cleverness doesn’t make you a reporter.”

IN RESPONSE TO A CLIP OF THE AXIOS CEO ON X –

MUSK STATED  “YEAH WHATEVER, YOU ARE THE MEDIA NOW AND THE LEGACY MEDIA KNOW IT.”

THE NEWS OF LEFT-LEANING NEWS OUTLET AXIOS’ CEO CALLING OUT MUSK –

MADE HEADLINES – BUT THOSE HEADLINES READ A LOT DIFFERENTLY DEPENDING ON THE OUTLET’S POLITICAL BIAS.

MSNBC WITH A LEFT-POLITICAL BIAS SAYING “AXIOS CEO **SLAMS ELON MUSK”

AND LEFT-LEANING MEDIAITE WROTE JIM VANDEHEI ABSOLUTELY LOSES IT OVER ELON MUSK’S **’NONSENSE’ CLAIM THAT THE MEDIA HAS BEEN REPLACED.

RIGHT-LEANING NEWS OUTLET THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER DESCRIBING IT AS “A RANT”

ANDTHE BLAZE WITH A RIGHT POLITICAL BIAS SAYING “AXIOS CEO GETS “SEVERELY TRIGGERED OVER ELON MUSK GIVING A PLATFORM TO CITIZEN JOURNALISTS.

MSNBC’S MORNING SHOW “THE MORNING JOE” HOSTED VANDEHEI FOLLOWING THE VIRAL SPEECH – 

APPLAUDING THE CEO.

“Slow clap everyone, first of all i gotta say, extraordinary content, it needed to be said, it continues to need to be said, yeah.

“I listen to so many reporters who feel like the industry is going to hell, nobody trusts them, they’re demoralized, we don’t have time to be demoralized, we don’t have time to whine, we have to do our job.”

THE MEDIA INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE IS SEEING A SHIFT –

AS WE’VE REPORTED IN MANY CAPACITIES HERE AT STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS.

WHETHER IT BE FROM A FALL IN VIEWERSHIP AND RATINGS FOR MAINSTREAM NETWORKS –

TO POLLS SHOWING AMERICANS HAVE RECORD-LOW TRUST IN TRADITIONAL NEWS OUTLETS.

MOST RECENTLY – WE HIGHLIGHTED ROUNDS OF LAYOFFS IN THE NEWS SECTOR AND A GROWING RELIANCE ON PAID SUBSCRIPTIONS AS A REVENUE MODEL– LIKE AXIOS ITSELF.

AS OUR INDUSTRY NO DOUBT IS FACING ITS OWN WOES ROOTED IN WANING TRUST AND ADJUSTING TO A DIGITAL-FIRST ENVIRONMENT –

WE HERE AT STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS SEE IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY.

WE’RE ON A MISSION TO PROVE THERE IS STILL MEANINGFUL JOURNALISM OUT THERE.

MANY OF US HERE AT S-A-N LEFT LEGACY NEWS TO TRY AND REACH VIEWERS WHO ARE LEAVING TRADITIONAL NEWS TOO.

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