There is so much bad news regarding Elon Musk that the Media Research Center — who continues to hero-worship him — is having trouble trying to spin away his increasing extremism. We’ve…
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Newsmax Offers Surprisingly Balanced Coverage Of Musk’s Battle With ADL
Like the Media Research Center, Newsmax is turning into a bit of a PR agent for Elon Musk and defending him against criticism — but, unlike the Media Research Center, its coverage…
MRC Weirdly Quiet About Musk’s Lawsuit Against Media Matters
The Media Research Center loves it when Elon Musk gets all litigious — it cheered when Musk sued the Center for Countering Digital Hate for exposing how hate and lies on Twitter…
MRC Tries To Ignore Musk’s Anti-Semitic Tweet
If nothing else, the Media Research Center has been a reliable PR agent for Elon Musk, fawning over his every pearl or wisdom and deflecting criticism of him. But on Nov. 15,…
NEW ARTICLE — The MRC Flips Over Elon Musk, Part 16: A Community Notes Conundrum
The Media Research Center is of two minds when it comes to Twitter’s Community Notes fact-checking function: great when applied to liberals but “censorship” when applied to conservatives. PLUS: The MRC hates…
MRC Deflects Criticism Of Musk A Year After Buying Twitter
The Elon Musk PR team at the Media Research Center continued to take it hard as people point out how Musk has mismanaged Twitter (well, X) as his purchase of the social…
WND Uncritically Promotes Elon Musk’s Discredited COVID Vaccine Video
WorldNetDaily got an assist in promoting COVID vaccine misinformation from none other than Elon Musk, as Bob Unruh touted in a Sept. 26 article: Elon Musk has posted on his social media…
MRC Whines That Musk And Twitter (Well, X) Are Being Criticized
As the first anniversary of Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter (well, X) approached, the bad news and overall pettiness continued to mount: The Media Research Center, of course, cared nothing about this…
MRC Condones Misinfo About Israel-Hamas War On Twitter (Well, X), Shows Double Standard On ‘Censorship’
Twitter (well, X) hasn’t exactly covered itself in glory during the Israel-Hamas war. Given how Elon Musk gutted Twitter’s anti-disinformation teams in the months before the war started, the inevitable happened: Twitter…
NEW ARTICLE — The MRC Flips Over Elon Musk, Part 15: Carrots And Sticks
The Media Research Center is still serving as Elon Musk’s PR agency — while also taking the occasional whack at him for not giving right-wingers total leeway to spread hate and lies….