In a refreshing bit of integrity, MSNBC did not put out a post on X linking to its opinion piece that X is a poison. More specifically, Elon Musk’s X is a poison, and “everyone needs to bail on it at once.” We thought that already happened: when Musk was in talks to buy Twitter, all of the journalists posted their goodbyes and left forwarding addresses on Mastodon, where they’d be posting from now on.
MSNBC broke its own rule earlier Saturday by posting that Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is preparing witty rejoinders to any derogatory comments that Donald Trump might make during their debate on September 10 on ABC. The Harris campaign fought hard to change the rules and keep the microphones on, hoping beyond hope for another “I’m speaking” T-shirt slogan for the campaign store.
So why is MSNBC posting a piece saying that X is poison, when the network still relies on it daily for engagement it wouldn’t otherwise get? We’ll have to ask author and journalist Jay Michaelson, who wrote the piece:
MSNBC demands that you stop using X because it is poison to their narrative. They also blame Elon Musk, whom they call “weirdly extreme”, for “election…
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