BBC BUSTED! Elon Musk Is Ushering in the FALL of Woke Journalism | 4/12/23

Sara Gonzales Unfiltered

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News, Politics, News Commentary

4.8 • 5.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Twitter CEO Elon Musk lit up the internet after having quite the exchange with BBC “reporter” James Clayton. National Public Radio departed Twitter this week after Elon Musk labeled the news site "government-funded media." Trump told Tucker Carlson the biggest threat to America doesn't come from Russia or China but “from within.” State Department spokesperson John Kirby admitted this week that the U.S. does have a small military presence in Ukraine. Kirby was asked about leaked Pentagon documents that suggest there are U.S. Special Forces members operating inside the war-torn country. Governor Bill Lee called for Tennessee’s Republican-majority legislature to pass a red-flag law Tuesday after signing an executive order strengthening the state’s background checks on firearm buyers. The New York Police Department is gearing up to deploy several crime-monitoring robots in Times Square and the city’s subway system. Today's Sponsors: This year, resolve to stop supporting companies that don’t align with your values. Patriot Mobile's 100% U.S.-based customer service team makes switching easy! Just go to http://PATRIOTMOBILE.COM/NEWS or call 878-PATRIOT! Get FREE ACTIVATION today with the offer code NEWS. Keep American farming going by signing up at http://www.MoinkBox.com/news RIGHT NOW; listeners of this show get FREE filet mignon in every order for a year. Relief factor isn't a drug, but it was developed by doctors to fight inflammation. Try it today. The 3-Week QuickStart is only $19.95. Go to http://www.relieffactor.com or call 1-800-4Relief to get your QuickStart today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today, Elon Musk shreds apart the fake news media in real time and it is glorious to watch.
0:05.4	Speaking of Twitter, NPR cries about their new Twitter label and promptly quits.
0:10.0	And Donald Trump speaks out for the first time since his arrangement.
0:13.0	We've got all of that in more coming up than it all starts right now.
0:30.5	Welcome to The News and Why It Matters.
0:35.6	I am Sarah Gonzalez.
0:37.1	Happy hump day.
0:38.4	Well, Twitter CEO and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk lit up the internet after having,
0:43.1	I would say quite the exchange with BBC reporter James Clayton in the interview,
0:49.8	which was also broadcast on Twitter spaces.
0:52.4	Elon said that the company had four months to live when he bought it,
0:55.6	which was part of the reason he cut almost 80% of the staff.
0:59.6	But of course, that wasn't the real reason Clayton wanted the interview.
1:03.2	He wanted his moment ever determined to paint Elon as a racist, sexist,
1:09.2	transphobic, homophobic, all the phobics Clayton went in for the big moment.
1:13.4	The gotcha question, the moment he was going to put Elon's feet straight to the fire
1:19.1	and make him answer for his hateful nature.
1:22.0	Why is he allowing hateful content on his site?
1:26.1	Well, that exchange did not go the way James Clayton was.
1:29.6	And the fight would latch.
1:31.3	Content you don't like or hateful, what do you mean to describe a hateful thing?
1:35.8	Yeah, I mean, you know, this content that will solicit a reaction
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