David Streitfeld

3 days ago | telegraphindia.com | David Streitfeld

Ford was perhaps the most blatant example in a long tradition of moguls who bought media platforms and then used them to promote odious views David Streitfeld Published 12.05.25, 06:22 AM An entrepreneur who revolutionised the automobile business decides he now needs to change how the world thinks, so he buys a media property to use as a megaphone. His rants validate many people’s worst impulses while also encouraging enemies of democracy around the world.

3 days ago | benton.org | David Streitfeld

Elon Musk has enthusiastically posted, reposted and endorsed incorrect or inflammatory claims on X that Social Security is fraudulent, that the Democrats are importing immigrants to win elections and that the federal judges who are ruling against the Trump administration should be impeached. There are plenty of precedents for what Mr. Musk is doing with X. But he has taken the process to a level unimaginable even a short time ago.

3 days ago | terra.com.br | David Streitfeld

Um empreendedor que revolucionou o setor automobilístico decide que precisa mudar a forma como o mundo pensa, então compra um imóvel de mídia para usar como megafone. Seus discursos validam os piores impulsos de muitas pessoas, ao mesmo tempo que encorajam inimigos da democracia em todo o mundo. Isso parece Elon Musk e seu site de mídia social X em 2025, mas também era Henry Ford e seu jornal, The Dearborn Independent, na década de 1920.

3 days ago | estadao.com.br | David Streitfeld

Um empreendedor que revolucionou o setor automobilístico decide que precisa mudar a forma como o mundo pensa, então compra um imóvel de mídia para usar como megafone. Seus discursos validam os piores impulsos de muitas pessoas, ao mesmo tempo que encorajam inimigos da democracia em todo o mundo. Isso parece Elon Musk e seu site de mídia social X em 2025, mas também era Henry Ford e seu jornal, The Dearborn Independent, na década de 1920.

4 days ago | nytimes.com | David Streitfeld

The Tesla billionaire is using his social media site X to rant and accuse. The politics of rage rarely worked out well for earlier moguls. Credit... Photo Illustration by Anthony Gerace; Photograph by Joe Skipper/Reuters An entrepreneur who revolutionized the automobile business decides he now needs to change how the world thinks, so he buys a media property to use as a megaphone. His rants validate many people's worst impulses while also encouraging enemies of democracy around the world.