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'You're not the media': Axios CEO slams Elon Musk during speech

Axios CEO Jim VandeHei criticized Elon Musk's claim about the media, stating, 'the free press is under attack – and America's future hangs in the balance.'
VandeHei pointed out that 'you having a blue checkmark, a Twitter handle and 300 words of cleverness doesn’t make you a reporter.'
Musk expressed his belief that 'citizen journalism' is 'better than conventional journalism,' favoring real-time aggregation over traditional methods.

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