The Media Research Center continued to promote “Twitter files” releases — but it also fretted that Elon Musk wasn’t doing enough to help right-wingers escape accountability for their hate and misinformation on…
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NEW ARTICLE: CNS Flips For Elon Musk, Part 2
CNSNews.com stuck close to the Musk-fluffing agenda of its Media Research Center parent in serving as the billionaire’s PR agent, with only its shutdown interfering with that mission. Read more >>
MRC Helps Musk Frame Soros As The Jew Right-Wingers Are Allowed To Hate
The Media Research Center got rather touchy when it was pointed out that Elon Musk’s attacks on George Soros leaned into anti-Semitism. Tom Olohan helped Musk pivot away from that in a…
MRC Hates Twitter’s New CEO For Not Being Far-Right Enough
Twitter’s newly appointed CEO, Linda Yaccarino, has indisputable right-wing bona fides: President Trump appointed her to serve on a White House commission and she follows numerous right-wing and far-right Twitter accounts. But…
MRC Gets Defensive When It’s Pointed Out Musk’s Attack On Soros Leans Into Anti-Semitism
The Media Research Center gets touchy whenever it’s pointed out that critics of George Soros are leaning into anti-Semitism — and now it has merged that defensive posture with its fawning over…
Despite Conflicts With Musk, MRC Still Touting ‘Twitter Files’
Despite being critical of Elon Musk for not giving right-wing hate the impunity it demands, the Media Research Center was still hyping the release of selectively chosen “Twitter files” through hand-picked reporters…
MRC Still Miffed At Musk For Not Letting Right-Wingers Rage With Impunity On Twitter
The Media Research Center’s Autumn Johnson kicked off an April 26 post by (dishonestly) portraying Elon Musk as a champion of free speech: Twitter owner Elon Musk is raising the alarm about…
MRC Still Trying To Cover Up Musk’s Twitter Blue-Check Debacle
The Media Research Center has done its best to bury the debacle that is Elon Musk’s plan to deprecate Twitter’s blue-check symbol from official assurance that an account is authentic to a…
NEW ARTICLE — The MRC Flips Over Elon Musk, Part 10: The Hearings
The Media Research Center touted hearings spearheaded by House Republicans based on the “Twitter files” Elon Musk released — but largely ignored inconvenient facts that showed how the hearings didn’t go well…
MRC Flip-Flops Between Musk-Fluffing, Whining That Right-Wing Hate On Twitter Is Still Monitored
When it wasn’t cheering Elon Musk’s own-the-libs stunt of arbitrarily relabeling NPR’s Twitter feed as “state-affiliated media” (which ended up making things worse when Musk ultimately, and just as arbitrarily, dropped the…