Washington D.C. media outlet Axios and its pompous CEO, Jim VandeHei, epitomize everything that is wrong with the elite media class. Faithfully acting as the mouthpiece for Big Tech, Wall Street, and the Democratic Party, Axios is nothing more than a glorified press release factory. And VandeHei’s recent comments during the arrogance and delusion that consumes the media’s Ivory Tower.
Accepting the club’s Fourth Estate award, VandeHei couldn’t resist taking a cheap shot at entrepreneur Elon Musk, who has been challenging the media’s monopolistic grip on the narrative of the day. “My message to Elon Musk is: Bullshit! You’re not the media,” VandeHei blustered. “You having a blue checkmark, a Twitter handle and 300 words of cleverness doesn’t make you a reporter any more than me looking at your head and telling you have an awesome set of tools makes me a damn neurosurgeon.”
But VandeHei’s hypocrisy knows no bounds. He claims that being a reporter is hard and requires “doing the hard work” of unbiased, fearless journalism. Yet, Axios regularly publishes fluff pieces for the very institutions that dominate our society and actively suppress dissenting voices. And they call this “Smart Brevity.”
In a fit of self-congratulation, MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough replayed VandeHei’s comments on his show and received a round of hearty applause from his panel. Of course, Scarborough then proceeded to defend the ailing media, insisting that they are still relevant despite their declining audiences and lack of credibility. “We still matter!” he breathlessly proclaimed, while his colleague Al Sharpton looked on with admiring eyes. It’s almost comical how these media figures, who spent the entirety of Trump’s presidency pushing false narratives and gaslighting their audiences, now want to be taken seriously as the guardians of truth and justice.
NEW Axios CEO melts down over @elonmusk telling 𝕏 users “You are the media now” — mounts passionate defense of dying legacy media:
"My message to Elon Musk is b*llshit. You're not the media!"
The MSNBC panel applauds:
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— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) November 25, 2024
But in reality, they are nothing more than the puppets of corporate interests and political elites. And with the rise of social media and figures like Elon Musk, their stranglehold on the national conversation is weakening every day. The emperor has no clothes, and the American people are waking up to the truth.
Washington D.C. media is a joke, and Jim VandeHei is the court jester. Their self-important proclamations and self-congratulatory awards only serve to highlight their irrelevance and bias. It’s time to tune out the elite media and listen to the voices of the people. And most importantly, heed Elon Musk’s message: “We are the media.”