Elon Musk Bashes the News Media, Then Immediately Falls for Fake News

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Elon Musk Bashes the News Media, Then Immediately Falls for Fake News
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It's no secret that multi-hyphenate billionaire Elon Musk spends an astonishing amount of time posting dubious political material on his social media echo chamber X-formerly-Twitter.that reads: "If you ever feel dumb, just remember there are some people who still believe everything shown in news," resharing the image with a curt "yup."

But it didn't take long for Musk to out himself as one of those same gullible dupes who will believe anything if it flatters their preconceptions.a video posted by Visegrád 24, an influential independent news account that tweets about the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war that's Visegrád 24 claimed the video showed "armed communist Maduro gangs 'Colectivos' are now storming polling stations in Punta Cardón," Venezuela."Those are thieves stealing air conditioners and a woman can be heard in the video saying so," the note reads. "Voting in Venezuela is done on small computers that look nothing like what appears in this video.

His hilariously timed blunder is far from the first. The mercurial CEO has a long history of bringing attention toAn account representing the distributed hacking group Anonymous chimed in as well. "In an attempt at pushing propaganda, Elon pushes a false narrative that the thieves in the video are stealing ballot boxes," AnonymousIn short, while a healthy dose of skepticism goes a long way when reading or watching the news, X-formerly-Twitter has quickly become a cesspool of unsourced claims and propaganda, making it a far worse place to catch up.

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