So Elon Musk apparently decided to (falsely) apply the state-affiliated media label to NPR’s Twitter account before he even bothered to learn the difference between public media and state-controlled media. Yes, really.
Then he emailed NPR — after slapping a false label on their account — and they had to explain the difference to him. This one is a doozy, even for Musk:
https://www.npr.org/2023/04/07/1168728804/musk-asks-basic-facts-about-npr-after-labeling-it-state-affiliated-media-on-twit
“…let's take a moment and pause on these questions, Mary Louise, because he made a major policy decision, right? And after doing so, he is just now asking for the basic facts. This is not exactly how most CEOs in America operate.”
Keep in mind that Elon Musk, the “genius” who doesn’t even know the difference between publicly funded media and state-run media, has received over $5 billion in government funding for his own companies. But apparently he has no idea how that funding even works?
This seems like a good time to mandate civic and financial literacy training for billionaire CEO’s who want to benefit from our tax dollars.
