What Elon Musk and Donald Trump don’t get about journalism

Get the Full StoryAn investigation into Tesla’s factory conditions sent the testy CEO into a Twitter rant that showcased a Trump-like misapprehension of how journalists work.

I’m going to be late to the bank to deposit a few checks from ExxonMobil and the Democratic National Committee before my evening champagne tasting, but allow me to opine, for a moment, on Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s latest round of media criticism. This afternoon, the thin-skinned Tesla founder and CEO responded to investigative news nonprofit Reveal‘s reporting on safety issues at Tesla factories by emulating the president: attacking the media—and implying that they’re in the pocket of his competitors.Read Full Story

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