"CEO said a thing!" journalism is now utterly pervasive, and includes parroting billionaire and CEO claims with a total disregard for whether or not anything being said is actually true.
"CEO Said A Thing!" Journalism
"CEO said a thing!" journalism involves parroting the claims of a business leader or executive with absolutely no context, correction, or challenge whatsoever, no matter how elaborate the delusion.
“CEO said a thing!”
A blistering guide to what lazy journalism too often looks like
News Factory: Musk’s fixation on Google AI chief Demis Hassabis highlighted in trial testimony
During the high‑profile lawsuit between Elon Musk and OpenAI co‑founder Sam Altman, testimony revealed that Musk repeatedly mentioned Google DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis. Court transcripts show Musk called Hassabis "evil," worried about Google’s lead in artificial intelligence, and exchanged a series of urgent emails warning that OpenAI could not keep pace. Witnesses, including OpenAI president Greg Brockman, confirmed Musk’s obsession with the British scientist, describing it as a driving force behind strategic discussions at Tesla and beyond.
Elon Musk Is Playing God
The tech billionaire wants to shape humanity’s future. Not everyone has a place there.
It’s Not Just Elon Musk — These Billionaires Are Also Neurodivergent
Some billionaires say their conditions helped them succeed in business.
Journalistic Malpractice: No LLM Ever ‘Admits’ To Anything, And Reporting Otherwise Is A Lie
Over the past week, Reuters, Newsweek, the Daily Beast, CNBC, and a parade of other outlets published headlines claiming that Grok—Elon Musk’s LLM chatbot (the one that once referred to itsel…
Elon Musk posted about race almost every day in January
Many social media posts by Tesla CEO on his platform are indiscernible from those of white supremacists, say experts
The sanewashing of Elon Musk - Lawyers, Guns & Money
As Jamelle Bouie points out, Elon Musk spends a great deal of time on the social media site he owns both personally pushing and amplifying themes directly derived from prominent works of violent white supremacy, attracting very little attention from the mainstream press: Over the past month in particular, he has adopted the imagery of […]
How Elon Musk’s Own Account Dominates X (Published 2024)
The billionaire has effectively become the star of his social media platform, transforming X into a reflection of his personal views before the election.
An AI CEO finally said something honest
24K votes, 828 comments. Dax Raad from anoma.ly might be the only CEO speaking honestly about AI right now. His most recent take: “everyone's talking…
Elon Musk and the right’s war on Wikipedia
The world's richest man has joined a growing chorus of right-wing voices attacking Wikipedia as part of an intensifying campaign against free and open access information.
Could this be the beginning of the end for the billionaire-owned media propaganda blitz?
A campaign to free our national press from foreign billionaires like Rupert Murdoch is gaining momentum and attracting big-name support
Here’s What Elon Musk Sees When He Opens X (Published 2025)
The New York Times tracked 1,109 accounts that Mr. Musk follows on X to recreate his news feed.
The scent of Musk: Power, charisma and paranoia in Silicon Valley
News Not Slop
Unionized journalists across North America have come together to sound the alarm: Media companies are implementing artificial intelligence in ways that damage the credibility of the journalism on which you rely.
Yes, this is a thing Elon Musk really claimed.
Elon Musk Today: The future ain't what it used to be! | social preview artwork by trish@omerta22PL 2019
