As my colleague Bonchie reported, Axios reporter Sara Fischer appeared on CNN to complain about former President and GOP nominee Donald Trump having an unfettered microphone with Elon Musk on X.
The Monday night conversation hails Trump’s return to the X (formerly Twitter) platform where he was unceremoniously booted almost four years before, and it has the entire legacy media complex shook.
The meltdowns have already begun and he’s not even really posting anything yet. pic.twitter.com/iX43U5tWJE
— The🐰FOO (@PolitiBunny) August 12, 2024
As my colleague streiff also reported, a Washington Post reporter asked the Biden Press Secretary whether this interview could be stopped, because “misinformation,” or something…
It would be an understatement to say that much of the media and a lot of the government is losing its crap at this hour as X, formerly Twitter owner Elon Musk engages in a free-form “conversation” with former President Donald Trump in an X “space.” Earlier today, the European Union’s commissioner for the internal market, some effete Frenchman who became a Senegalese in 2015, perhaps in honor of his efforts to turn Europe into a Third World sh** hole, named Thierry Breton. Breton warned Musk that the EU will punish him for allowing misinformation or hate speech
It’s amazing and laughable to watch. This media meltdown is more delicious than liberal tears.
In the CNN segment, not only did Fischer complain that Trump might “say whatever he wants,” but she insulted an entire bloc of voters that will never read her online scribbles or watch CNN.
WATCH:
They can’t stand it … they can’t stand not being in charge. 😂 pic.twitter.com/nuoCsU6KFr
— The🐰FOO (@PolitiBunny) August 12, 2024
My Twitchy colleague PolitiBunny is quite correct. They despise the fact that they are on the outside looking in. You can hear the sarcasm dripping from Fischer’s voice when she says, “Online fringe.” This online fringe she dismisses represents a YUGE and probably untapped voting bloc.
The “edgelord influencers,” make up a young and MALE segment of voters who have huge online followings, eschew TikTok, and promote alpha males. Trump and his VP running mate JD Vance have been speaking to these influencers and appearing on their podcasts and shows, so who knows how many have tuned in Monday night? So far, over 30 million people (and counting) have already plugged into Trump’s X conversation with Musk.
While many are writers, the political class, and the MAGA base, among that number are probably undecided voters or people who pay little attention to the legacy media. The Kamala coronation is either passing over their heads or viewed like a person with three heads. But the iconic former president who survived an assassination attempt?
It’s a draw that should not be discounted. The Spew The View’s Alyssa Farah Griffin also had this befuddled and dismissive response to Trump’s campaign move.
Trump:
-gets back on Twitter
-does interview with Elon
-puts out ad about the Mar-a-lago raidHe’s doubling down with his base. It gains him nothing with undecideds/ swing voters. Bizarre strategy 3 months out.
— Alyssa Farah Griffin (@Alyssafarah) August 12, 2024
Trump:
-gets back on Twitter
-does interview with Elon
-puts out ad about the Mar-a-lago raidHe’s doubling down with his base. It gains him nothing with undecideds/ swing voters. Bizarre strategy 3 months out.
Bizarre to binary thinkers like Farah Griffin and her ilk. Once again, the voting bloc Trump is aiming for with this X interview wouldn’t bother to tune into the screech fest where Farah Griffin wastes her days.
And how is she so sure that it gains nothing with undecided and swing voters? The people who tend to make up this demo do not respond to debates, and the media noise gives them a headache. But a conversation where Trump gets to lay out policy, discuss how the assassination attempt affected him, and define his opponent? That is something they can be drawn into.
So, who knows how many hearts and minds are being changed by hearing a non-adversarial and conversational Trump?
I am amazed how these young girls who pretend at journalism so easily dismiss the voting bloc that don’t bother to watch CNN or The Spew. https://t.co/fjM5BYv2PQ
— Jennifer Oliver O’Connell (@asthegirlturns) August 12, 2024
The legacy media is so focused on rebranding Kamala Harris and running interference for Tim Walz that they cannot even recognize the brilliance of this pivot. X is the one platform that isn’t working overtime to either ignore, misrepresent, or drown out Trump’s campaign and message. Much to their chagrin, with this X interview, Trump has blown a hole through their propaganda wall and reached past to voters that they had no idea existed.
