Ed Zitron

But a lot of these outlets feel custom-built to be bulldozed the moment an authoritarian turns up. This force that exists to crush those desperately attached to norms and objectivity. Authoritarians know that their ideologically charged words be quoted ad verbatim with the occasional, Huh, this could mean...

Little dribble, this drizzle, this spunk of context that's lost in the headline that repeats exactly what the fucking authoritarian wants them to. And guess what? Some people don't read the article. They just read the headline. And Musk is the most brutal example of this, by the way.

Little dribble, this drizzle, this spunk of context that's lost in the headline that repeats exactly what the fucking authoritarian wants them to. And guess what? Some people don't read the article. They just read the headline. And Musk is the most brutal example of this, by the way.

Little dribble, this drizzle, this spunk of context that's lost in the headline that repeats exactly what the fucking authoritarian wants them to. And guess what? Some people don't read the article. They just read the headline. And Musk is the most brutal example of this, by the way.

Despite the fact that he's turned Twitter into a website pumped full of racism and hatred that literally helped make Donald Trump president, Musk was still able to get mostly positive coverage from the majority of the mainstream media for his fucking robo-taxi nonsense.

Despite the fact that he's turned Twitter into a website pumped full of racism and hatred that literally helped make Donald Trump president, Musk was still able to get mostly positive coverage from the majority of the mainstream media for his fucking robo-taxi nonsense.

Despite the fact that he's turned Twitter into a website pumped full of racism and hatred that literally helped make Donald Trump president, Musk was still able to get mostly positive coverage from the majority of the mainstream media for his fucking robo-taxi nonsense.

Despite the fact that he spent the best part of a decade lying about what Tesla will do next, there are entire websites just based on how much Elon Musk lies, yet they still report this shit. It makes me very upset. And it doesn't matter...

Despite the fact that he spent the best part of a decade lying about what Tesla will do next, there are entire websites just based on how much Elon Musk lies, yet they still report this shit. It makes me very upset. And it doesn't matter...

Despite the fact that he spent the best part of a decade lying about what Tesla will do next, there are entire websites just based on how much Elon Musk lies, yet they still report this shit. It makes me very upset. And it doesn't matter...

that some of these outlets, by the way, had accompanying coverage that suggested that the markets weren't impressed by Tesla's theoretical robo-taxi plans or their fake-ass robots run by people.

that some of these outlets, by the way, had accompanying coverage that suggested that the markets weren't impressed by Tesla's theoretical robo-taxi plans or their fake-ass robots run by people.

that some of these outlets, by the way, had accompanying coverage that suggested that the markets weren't impressed by Tesla's theoretical robo-taxi plans or their fake-ass robots run by people.

Musk is still able to use the media's desperation for objectivity against them, and he knows that they never dare to combine reporting on stuff with thinking about stuff for fear that Elon Musk might say they're biased, which he has been doing for years. Do you see my goddamn point yet? And this, by the way, is not always the fault of the writers.

Musk is still able to use the media's desperation for objectivity against them, and he knows that they never dare to combine reporting on stuff with thinking about stuff for fear that Elon Musk might say they're biased, which he has been doing for years. Do you see my goddamn point yet? And this, by the way, is not always the fault of the writers.

Musk is still able to use the media's desperation for objectivity against them, and he knows that they never dare to combine reporting on stuff with thinking about stuff for fear that Elon Musk might say they're biased, which he has been doing for years. Do you see my goddamn point yet? And this, by the way, is not always the fault of the writers.

There are entire foundations of editors that have more faith in the markets and the powerful than they do the people writing or the people reading their fucking words. And above them are entire editorial superstructures that exist to make sure that the editorial vision never colors too far outside the lines or informs people a little too much.

There are entire foundations of editors that have more faith in the markets and the powerful than they do the people writing or the people reading their fucking words. And above them are entire editorial superstructures that exist to make sure that the editorial vision never colors too far outside the lines or informs people a little too much.

There are entire foundations of editors that have more faith in the markets and the powerful than they do the people writing or the people reading their fucking words. And above them are entire editorial superstructures that exist to make sure that the editorial vision never colors too far outside the lines or informs people a little too much.

I'm not even talking about Jeff Bezos or Lauren Powell Jobs or any number of billionaires who own any number of publications, but the editors editing business and tech reports who don't know anything about business and tech, or the senior editors that are terrified of any byline that might dare get the outlet under fire from somebody who could call their boss. It's fucking cowardice.