Musk keeps making things up — and the press keeps covering it credibly.
    • pqdinfo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      91·
      1 year ago

      they both hate truths, so keep spreading truths about them.

      Yeah, it’s really working for Donald Trump, he’s not been trying to get into the news or been obnoxious or lied or anything like that since the truth was reported about him ;-)

      The real way to cover Elon Musk is the way Trump should be covered but isn’t: just don’t. Don’t at all. If you feel you must, make a point of not covering what he’s done unless he’s 100% truthful and can back up any statements about the future he makes.

      Is he lying about minorities on Twitter? Ignore him.

      Is he claiming he’s going to release something in six months? Wait six months. You can report on it if it’s true and newsworthy?

      In the mean time, why is the media still on Twitter? It’s like journalists covering Trump from cages inside of Trump rallies while he literally calls them terms Goebbels invented like “Lying Media”. Just… don’t turn up, don’t cover the rallies directly (oh sure, report some of the extremist rhetoric, but you don’t have to point a TV camera at him and allow every word he utters to be broadcast live to your audience), etc. And likewise, the media doesn’t need to be on Twitter, it’s not a place to “stay in touch” with the people who read your articles, or the people you report upon, you shouldn’t be there.

      Will never happen though. Not my quote but fairly accurate: it’s called “the media” because it’s mediocre.

    • EliasChao@lemmy.oneOPEnglish
      81·
      1 year ago

      I actually think Zuck does want to kick Musk’s ass. At the same time I think Mark is going with it just to call Elon’s bluff.

  • vettnerk@lemmy.mlEnglish
    15·
    1 year ago

    You don’t. Not everything he does and says is newsworthy. Those who are really interested follow him in socials anyway.

    Stop reporting on what he wants you to, and instead report what he doesn’t.

    • NevermindNoMind@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Part of the problem is news consumers, that was part of the point of the article. “News” outlets know they can just embed a musk X-eet, write a couple of paragraphs of context (or have AI do it), add the headline “Musk says ____” and boom an easy ten thousand clicks. The author argues these outlets should at least acknowledge prominently in their articles that Musk is a serial liar. He specifically calls out a few outlets over their coverage of Musks unilateral claim that the fight will be streamed on X without ever acknowledging that the claim was likely bullshit without Zucks verification. Just shitty clickbait journalism.

  • Breakpr0d@aussie.zoneEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I wish we changed to just not cover him at all. It is insanely hard to ignore reading about his inane activities.