{"id":432834,"date":"2022-04-16T02:07:32","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T23:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/medias-laughable-musk-panic-and-other-commentary\/"},"modified":"2022-04-16T02:07:32","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T23:07:32","slug":"medias-laughable-musk-panic-and-other-commentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/medias-laughable-musk-panic-and-other-commentary\/","title":{"rendered":"#Media&#8217;s laughable Musk panic and other commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27ee8768636\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27ee8768636\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/medias-laughable-musk-panic-and-other-commentary\/#%E2%80%9CMedias_laughable_Musk_panic_and_other_commentary%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Media&#8217;s laughable Musk panic and other commentary&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CMedias_laughable_Musk_panic_and_other_commentary%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Media&#8217;s laughable Musk panic and other commentary&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/musk-twitter.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong>From the left: <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a>\u2019s Laughable Musk Panic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While he has \u201cno idea whether [Elon Musk\u2019s] influence on the company would be positive,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/taibbi.substack.com\/p\/twitters-chickens-come-home-to-roost?s=r\">TK News\u2019 Matt Taibbi is loving the spectacle<\/a> of Musk\u2019s Twitter-takeover bid, as \u201cother media figures\u201d insist \u201cMusk\u2019s influence . . . will be bad \u2014 very bad, bad!\u201d What \u201ca self-own this is,\u201d since the same folks spent \u201cthe last six years practically turgid with joy as other unaccountable billionaires tweaked the speech landscape in their favor,\u201d but now are \u201chowling over the mere rumor that a less censorious fat cat might get to sit in one of the big chairs. O the inhumanity!\u201d One critic was even \u201crailing against Musk in the pages of . . . the Washington Post! A <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>paper owned by Jeff Bezos.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Urban beat: LA Crime Surge Is Targeting Wealthy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCrime has risen dramatically in Los Angeles,\u201d but it\u2019s not in the neighborhoods you\u2019d think, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearinvestigations.com\/articles\/2022\/04\/13\/las_crime_surge_migrates_to_wealthy_whiter_zip_codes_of_boldface_names_826600.html\">James Varney reports at RealClearInvestigations<\/a>. \u201cWealthy and predominantly white neighborhoods have experienced the sharpest upticks in a wide array of crimes.\u201d Census and LAPD crime statistics for the 12-month period through January show that \u201cthe richer and whiter the area, the greater the increase in both raw crime totals and percentages of total city crime. This includes a wide range of felonies, from robbery, burglary, shoplifting and car theft to aggravated assault and rape.\u201d Now \u201cfear is more pronounced than ever in posh areas,\u201d a major switch for \u201cAngelenos who aren\u2019t used to feeling crime\u2019s pinch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Foreign desk: Envoy Is Hiding Iran-Deal Details<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Special Iran envoy Robert Malley has yet to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear before Congress to update Americans on the Iran deal, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/what-bidens-iran-envoy-hiding-opinion-1697671\">writes Rep. Claudia Tenney at Newsweek<\/a>. Why? The \u201cdeal would be terrible for our security.\u201d It likely includes \u201cas much as $90 billion\u201d in sanctions relief, as well as $7 billion to get back hostages, and contains \u201cno discussion of Iran\u2019s threatening ballistic missile program . . . or its support of terrorist proxies.\u201d The \u201cbiggest secret\u201d? Biden \u201chas no plans at all to involve Congress,\u201d something \u201cmandated by law.\u201d Tehran knows a deal without bipartisan support \u201cwill not be durable\u201d but is willing to play along for \u201ca lucrative payout.\u201d It\u2019s \u201ctelling, and deeply concerning, that the Biden administration fails to realize this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>COVID journal: Mandates for the \u2018Commoners\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This month, \u201ca slew of top Cabinet officials and lawmakers attended the annual Gridiron Club dinner,\u201d where \u201cat least 72 people caught COVID-19,\u201d including Attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a> Merrick Garland, Sen. Susan Collins and Rep. Adam Schiff, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2022\/04\/12\/gridiron-dinner-mask-mandates-covid-19-pelosi\/\">notes Robby Soave at Reason<\/a>. This shows why \u201cyou can\u2019t just go back to normal\u201d on COVID \u2014 although \u201cpolitical elites\u201d can. \u201cIf cases rise, they\u2019ll punish the common folk, but don\u2019t expect them to make many social sacrifices.\u201d And \u201cno political figure better represents this hypocrisy than Vice President Kamala Harris, who was recently caught ignoring mask rules.\u201d White House flack Jen Psaki defended Harris, noting that the veep\u2019s only human \u2014 but then, \u201caren\u2019t we all? Why are government officials the only people who can get away with this?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Media watch: Still Rushing To Stop Trump<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rather than \u201creckon\u201d with its decision to suppress the Hunter Biden laptop story in 2020, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/media-spin-hunter-biden-laptop-news-trump-free-speech-censorship-stop-the-steal-big-lie-2020-presidential-election-steele-dossier-11649792758\">charges The Wall Street Journal\u2019s Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.<\/a>, a Washington Post editorial instead \u201cjustifies\u201d the move, claiming it was the prudent course after Russian influence in the 2016 election campaign. Yet media outlets had \u201cplenty of leads to confirm or disprove the story,\u201d which was broken by \u201can established news organization, the New York Post.\u201d Indeed, \u201cOccam\u2019s razor strongly suggested\u201d the laptop was \u201cexactly what it was purported to be \u2014 and intelligent journalists everywhere knew it.\u201d Yet they discounted the story because they \u201cknew\u201d Donald Trump\u2019s re-election would be a disaster. And \u201cif you don\u2019t see the same presumption already working overtime and on steroids in advance of 2024, you aren\u2019t paying attention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 Compiled by The Post Editorial Board<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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