New York, U.S. – CNN’s Jim Acosta and Brian Stelter held a struggle session after Elon Musk shut down the funding bill yesterday on X.
The two men, who are frequently accused of spreading fake news, said Musk was the one sharing “misinformation.”
The pair also fumed as were forced to admit how influential X was.
“Musk likes to post anonymous accounts that are spreading misinformation… his behaviour on X and his influence over this spending bill, it also shows how misinformation is at work here.”
“Fresh and innovative ideas. That is a part of what makes government better.”
“But Musk, this unelected figure who has this enormous amount of power, it sometimes seems as if he’s just starting to learn how the government functions.”
“And as a result, some of his X posts are completely false. And by the way, it’s not just me saying it.”
“Representative Dan Crenshaw, a Republican lawmaker, tweeted to Musk last night and said, I love you, Elon, but you need to take five seconds to check your sources before highlighting bottom feeders looking for clicks.
“You know, Musk likes to post anonymous accounts that are spreading misinformation. And let’s recognise, a lot of people have benefited from Musk.”
“You know, the Tesla stock has been on a tear lately. Lots of CEOs going to Mar-a-Lago.”
“They’re probably jealous of Musk right now, both because of his relations relationship with Trump and because of the performance of Tesla and Musk’s other companies.”
“So there’s a lot Musk can bring to Government. But his behaviour on X and his influence over the spending bill also shows how misinformation is at work here.”
“Yeah, I mean, for all the talk of calling people fake news and so on, we put this up on screen.”
“He says the bill contained a 40% pay increase for members of Congress. I don’t know if we can put that up there or not.”
“There’s a cost of living increase in it, but nothing as high as what he said.”
“So to Dan Crenshaw’s point, Elon Musk is spreading fake news on this. He is fake news. And he relies on people to reply to him and tell him what’s up.”
“He says, you are the media now. That’s his message on X. And yet that really leaves a lot to be desired.”
“Yeah, and it does raise the question because you and I covered this during the first Trump administration.”
“There were always the conversations about, will Trump fire this person by tweet and so on.”
“Now we have to wonder, as Donald Trump is going into office, will Elon Musk be firing people?”
“And then Donald Trump responded, I mean, it does add to the chaos of all of this. But Brian Stelter, as always, thanks a lot. Really appreciate it.”
“And I do want to bring in my good friend Pamela Brown. She’s going to be covering a lot of this. My sympathies to you. There’s a lot.”
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