Matt Taibi was criticized for participating in the so-called PR stunt for Musk. What have we learned from the backlash against Taibi? I would be much more worried about how all these actors in the media immediately ran to do defense for, frankly, the crackhead son of the world's most powerful politician rather than what Taibi was doing. Most major media are owned by very powerful interests, very moneyed interests and they are in fact probably serving those interests.
The power struggle over the future of Twitter among Elon Musk, the media and the political world has shined a spotlight on the issue of free expression and Big Tech. Along with new revelations about the FBI working directly with social media platforms to police “misinformation,” and building blacklists to prevent disfavored tweets or accounts from trending, many are increasingly worried about the direction of free speech in America.