{"id":73217,"date":"2023-07-12T02:00:48","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T06:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/media-love-twitter-killer-mark-zuckerberg-taking-on-elon-musk-73217"},"modified":"2023-07-12T02:00:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T06:00:48","slug":"media-love-twitter-killer-mark-zuckerberg-taking-on-elon-musk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/media-love-twitter-killer-mark-zuckerberg-taking-on-elon-musk-73217","title":{"rendered":"Media love ‘Twitter Killer’ Mark Zuckerberg taking on Elon Musk"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The legacy media and their liberal buddies have a new champion. Oddly enough, it\u2019s Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, a man they used to hate. It\u2019s not that they love the Zuck even now, they just hate Twitter owner Elon Musk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The two tech billionaires have been fighting over the possibility of a real-life cage match. (No, I\u2019m not joking.) But the battle journalists care about has Meta\u2019s new social media operation Threads going up against Twitter.<\/p>\n

The media and the left have been out to get Musk ever since he first considered buying Twitter. And they have done everything but drive a stake into the site to vanquish their hated rival. The Washington Post wrote how, “millions await platform\u2019s collapse.” Vanity Fair said, “Twitter Is Dying” and The Atlantic claimed, “Musk Could Actually Kill Twitter.”<\/p>\n

None of that happened. The reason for their anger is simple: censorship. The left wants it \u2013 desperately \u2013 and Musk generally supports free speech, even if he\u2019s an imperfect supporter of the concept.<\/p>\n

ELON MUSK RAMPS UP ATTACKS AGAINST ZUCKERBERG WITH PERSONAL INSULT OVER THREADS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

That imperfection doesn\u2019t stop journalists from going after him. NBC News “dystopia beat” reporter Ben Collins was so aggressive in bashing Musk that he got “temporarily suspended.” Semafor reported that Collins was shelved from covering Musk on NBC and MSNBC because his comments were “not editorially appropriate.”<\/p>\n

Journalists obsess over Twitter the way a jilted lover stalks an ex-. They can\u2019t help but write about it, talk about it, whine about it and more. If Musk could lay out all of the inches of commentary about the death of Twitter, he could walk to Mars instead of building a rocket to go there.<\/p>\n

But mostly, the media plot<\/a> Twitter\u2019s demise. With every new social media launch, the press sharpens its claws and goes after Musk once more. It\u2019s hard to be more overt than CNN on July 9: “Tired of Elon Musk? Here are the Twitter alternatives you should know about.” The rant lists Bluesky, Mastodon, Spill and Threads. (Spill is an invite-only attempt to grab the Black Twitter audience.)<\/p>\n

CNN had lots of company attacking Twitter to boost Threads. Here\u2019s The Washington Post, “Threads Had Big Launch Energy. Twitter Is Under Pressure.” Or “Twitter\u2019s Troubles Are Perfectly Timed for Meta.”<\/p>\n

The New York Times piece told, “How Meta did what no other Twitter competitor could.” The lede of the story began with the Times inadvertently making the romantic comparison: “To many users, Twitter had become like a bad boyfriend.” Another Times piece was headlined: “Threads, Instagram\u2019s \u2018Twitter Killer,\u2019 Has Arrived.”<\/p>\n

It was much the same when the competitor Mastodon targeted Twitter. The Post declared, “Musk is wrecking speech moderation on Twitter. There\u2019s an alternative.” That\u2019s certainly an odd way for the “Democracy Dies in Darkness” newspaper to describe free speech.<\/p>\n

The Times included Mastodon in this typical article, “Twitter\u2019s Rivals Try to Capitalize on Musk-Induced Chaos.”<\/p>\n

And it was only two months ago when Times tech columnist Kevin Roose was asking, “Is Bluesky the long-awaited heir to Twitter?” Naturally, one of the things he liked about it was its ability to block large groups of people. He used an example if the ACLU made “a list of hate groups,” you “could just say, \u2018I want to block all of the accounts on that list.\u2019”<\/p>\n

Again, that was barely two months ago. Now, it\u2019s Threads and Zuckerberg. Liberals are fickle creatures.<\/p>\n

Only it looks like they will be disappointed once more. Times “Hard Fork” podcast co-host Casey Newton told Roose that the essence of many social media apps is “warfare” or “a battleground.” That\u2019s not what Threads CEO Adam Mosseri, who heads Instagram, wants the new social media to become.<\/p>\n

Mosseri said he wants Threads to be a “less angry place for conversations.” And he\u2019s not seeking to promote politics, which is Twitter\u2019s bread and butter. “Politics and hard news are inevitably going to show up on Threads\u2014they have on Instagram as well to some extent\u2014but we\u2019re not going to do anything to encourage those verticals,” Mosseri said, according to the Daily Beast.<\/p>\n

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If he\u2019s being honest that\u2019s not good for journalists who really only care about politics. To the legacy media, social media is an enforcement mechanism to get everyone to agree with whatever narrative they are pushing. With Twitter independent, things like actor Jim Caviezel\u2019s new movie “Sound of Freedom” get attention, not just attacked.<\/p>\n

Yes, Meta can get a lot of Instagram users to try Threads, over 100 million so far. But if it\u2019s not replacing Twitter for politics, then it\u2019s more like the censored speech on Facebook<\/a>. (Threads has an extra bonus. If you want to quit, you have to shut down your Instagram account. It\u2019s the “Hotel California” of social media sites.)<\/p>\n

No matter how much the lefty press tries to will Twitter out of existence, even outlets like the Post have to admit the problem: “Download. Scroll. Post. Repeat. New social media apps are exhausting us.” If it exhausts Posties, can you imagine how normal people feel?<\/p>\n

Threads might even keep some users. But will that hurt Twitter, or will it end up cannibalizing Facebook and Instagram? If it doesn\u2019t kill Twitter, you can bet journalists will be back promoting the next attempt.<\/p>\n

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