Elon Musk: Absolutely. We still haven’t discovered just how much the media was paid and controlled by the government, but we will. 2.1 million views at print

They said the government was by and for the people, and the media was free. They weren’t. Deep state actors controlled them. Then, after the populist revolts of 2016, they turned the tools of regime change, including disinfo, censorship, and lawfare, against the American people. https://t.co/rEwWSioc9h pic.twitter.com/Em0dnauRNn

— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) February 13, 2025

They said the government was by and for the people, and the media was free. They weren’t. Deep state actors controlled them. Then, after the populist revolts of 2016, they turned the tools of regime change, including disinfo, censorship, and lawfare, against the American people. Last week, we reported that the CIA and a USAID-run front group, OCCRP, were behind Trump’s 2019 impeachment. Now, a new investigation finds that USAID’s OCCRP drove the Trump-Russia collusion hoax. Blockbuster new investigation led by @galexybrane – Michael Shellenberger

Elon’s Tweet on clip above…

I’d bet 98% of the fake news mainstream media was paid for by the American taxpayer. – Gunther Eagleman
Do you think the media was fighting against social media in 2018 for other reasons? It was to silence Americans on social media because they weren’t listening to the legacy media lies. Ryan Jacobsen

When did you first realize American media has been completely captured? For me, it was the famous ‘Sinclair’ video that surfaced in 2018. Do you remember it? Hundreds of ‘journalists’ reading from the exact same script. “This is extremely dangerous to our democracy.” Social Media was portrayed as ‘extremely dangerous’ when sourcing your news. Corporations were already at work censoring Americans and at the same time, telling them not to question things. Remember during Covid when we were told not to ask questions. “Don’t do your own research.” They are terrified when we are allowed to think and speak freely. How long has our media been captured? Longer than we would like to think. We are the media!

When did you first realize American media has been completely captured?

For me, it was the famous ‘Sinclair’ video that surfaced in 2018. Do you remember it? Hundreds of ‘journalists’ reading from the exact same script.

“This is extremely dangerous to our democracy.”

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— Ryan Jacobsen (@Dndbreakfast) December 19, 2024

“USAID is just a tiny piece of a censorship machine… Collectively they’ve bought up every part of the news production line: sources, think-tanks, research, ‘fact-checking,’ ‘anti-disinformation,’ commercial media scoring, and when all else fails, censorship. It’s a giant closed messaging loop, whose purpose is to transform the free press into a consensus machine. There’s no way to remove the rot surgically. The whole mechanism has to go.” Matt Taibbi’s statement was powerful, as well. – Kyle Becker
The truth is finally coming out, Elon Musk is right we still don’t know the full extent of government control over the media. It’s shocking to think about how deep state actors have been manipulating the narrative and using tools like disinfo and censorship against the American people. Michael Shellenberger’s work is crucial in exposing this, we need more brave voices like his to hold those in power accountable and bring about real change – Stop Socialist Tyranny
This is the beginning of the end of the administrative state. We are finally rooting out the rot of the Washington DC swamp. We can overcome! – Joseph
There were tens of thousands of individuals who were on the inside, purposely setting up NGO’s to make income. They were making enough money to live a comfortable life without working. So I’m working and paying taxes so they can scan the system and not work please get them