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He Used to Work for X. Here’s What He Says Is Wrong About Musk’s Stance on the Mainstream Media.

Heinzinger warns social media platforms cannot replace journalism and highlights Musk’s dismantling of PR teams amid rising misinformation concerns.

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By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — “You are the media now.” Elon Musk’s repeated refrain on his popular social media platform X has been his way of urging his followers to ignore traditional journalism in favor of what he calls “citizen journalism.” “I think the media is a driver of misinformation much more than the media would like to admit that they are,” Musk said in an interview with the BBC in 2023. “In a lot of cases, it is the average citizen tha…

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He used to work for X. Here’s what he says is wrong about Musk’s stance on the mainstream media.

X’s former communications chief spoke exclusively to CNN to about why social media isn’t a replacement for journalism, contrasting the opinion of his former boss Elon Musk.

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CNN broke the news in Atlanta, United States on Tuesday, October 7, 2025.
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