Elon Musk trolls CBS News after it comes 'crawling back' to Twitter, blasts New York Times as 'far left brainwashing'



CBS News stopped posting content on Twitter because of the social media company's alleged "uncertainty" under new CEO Elon Musk. However, the news network couldn't make it for a full 48 hours before returning to Twitter.

CBS News returns to Twitter after a very brief pause

The official Twitter account of CBS News stopped posting at 3:45 p.m. on Friday.

"In light of the uncertainty around Twitter and out of an abundance of caution, CBS News is pausing its activity on the social media site as it continues to monitor the platform," CBS News said in a statement on Friday.

CBS News and other CBS-owned properties stopped using Twitter.

However, CBS News didn't make it two days before returning to Twitter and tweeting on Sunday morning – just hours after Musk reinstated the Twitter account of former President Donald Trump.

At 9:36 a.m. on Sunday, CBS News tweeted: "After pausing for much of the weekend to assess the security concerns, CBS News and stations is resuming its activity on Twitter as we continue to monitor the situation."

Musk replied to the tweet with a laughing hand over the face emoji.

Musk advised CBS News, "They should bring Walter Cronkite back."

Musk later trolled CBS News by posting a meme that referenced the 2005 film "Brokeback Mountain" starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger. The tweet had the caption: "Our love will never die."

\u201cOur love will never die\u201d
— Elon Musk (@Elon Musk) 1668995754

CBS News mocked in reactions on Twitter

Others thoroughly mocked CBS News for returning to Twitter.

BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock: "Clowns."

Podcast host Lauren Chen: "CBS tried to rage-quit Twitter for attention but have predictably come crawling back."

Journalist Michael Tracey: "Please keep us all updated on the very real situation you are definitely carefully monitoring."

Clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson: "Translation: 'we virtue-signalled too impulsively and now are hastily backtracking, although we're trying hard to avoid taking any responsibility for the consequences of our stupidity.'"

Investigative journalist Mairead Elordi: "'I'm running away from home' vibes."

Independent journalist Glenn Greenwald: "CBS News has decided it's once again safe to use Twitter - but only for the moment! They are continuing to 'assess security concerns' and 'monitor the situation.' If there are more outbreaks of free speech or hearing from people journalists dislike, they may retreat again."

Elon Musk blasts the New York Times as 'far left brainwashing'

CBS News wasn't the only legacy media outlet that Musk ridiculed on Sunday.

Author and independent journalist Matt Taibbi posted a tweet linking to his article on Substack titled: "No, New York Times, You Don't 'Deserve Better' Than Donald Trump."

Taibbi slammed the New York Times editorial board for reacting to Trump announcing his candidacy for president in 2024 with an article claiming that "America deserves better than Donald Trump."

Taibbi wrote on Twitter, "The New York Times says America doesn't 'deserve' Donald Trump, but the Times sure does, especially after winning a Pulitzer for a story botched across years."

The tweet included headlines from older NYT articles that accused Trump of collusion with Russia during the 2016 election.

Last July, New York Times columnist Bret Stephens admitted, "To this day, precious few anti-Trumpers have been honest with themselves about the elaborate hoax — there’s just no other word for it — that was the Steele dossier and all the bogus allegations, credulously parroted in the mainstream media, that flowed from it.

Musk replied to Taibbi, "It is tragic how far The New York Times has fallen – basically just boring af far left brainwashing at this point. The boring part is truly unforgivable!"

Musk mocked the Gray Lady's motto, which was first used by former New York Times owner Adolph Simon Ochs in 1896.

Musk satirically blasted the New York Times, "'All the news that’s fit to print' my ass."

\u201c@mtaibbi It is tragic how far The New York Times has fallen \u2013 basically just boring af far left brainwashing at this point. The boring part is truly unforgivable!\u201d
— Matt Taibbi (@Matt Taibbi) 1668952971

CBS News quits posting on Twitter because of 'uncertainty' of Elon Musk's leadership, but continues to use Chinese surveillance app TikTok



CBS News has declared that it will cease posting on Twitter because of "uncertainty" under the new leadership of Elon Musk. However, CBS News continues to operate an account on TikTok – which the U.S. government has warned is a Chinese surveillance tool.

"CBS Evening News" ran a piece on Friday night titled: "Twitter Turmoil." The segment began with anchor Major Garrett saying – without evidence – that Musk is "scrambling, quite simply, to prevent the social media platform from collapsing."

CBS News national correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti claimed that Musk offered "little reassurance he has a permanent plan" for the future of Twitter because the Tesla CEO asked users of the social media platform what Twitter should do next. On multiple occasions since acquiring Twitter, Musk has asked Twitter users how the social media platform could be better going forward.

Vigliotti interviewed one former Twitter employee who worked at the company until Musk acquired the company. Coincidentally, the former disgruntled employee is a plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit against Twitter. The former employee claimed that Twitter under Musk was "definitely a culture of fear and uncertainty, of anxiety."

Justine De Caires worked at Twitter while Musk was the CEO for only a few days. Musk completed the acquisition of Twitter on Oct. 27, then quickly laid-off employees. Justine De Caires was one of five former Twitter employees who were immediately fired and swiftly filed a lawsuit on Nov. 4. The lawsuit filed in San Francisco federal court claims that Twitter violated the federal and California laws of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN). The law requires employers to provide at least 60 days' notice before "plant closings" or "mass layoffs."

Vigliotti then announced that CBS News would quit posting on Twitter because of "uncertainty" on the social media platform.

"In light of the uncertainty around Twitter and out of an abundance of caution, CBS News is pausing its activity on the social media site as it continues to monitor the platform," Vigliotti said.

\u201c\ud83d\udea8#BREAKING: CBS News and local CBS-owned stations have suspended their use of Twitter. CBS has just confirmed that they are no longer posting updates on Twitter\u201d
— R A W S A L E R T S (@R A W S A L E R T S) 1668833209

At 9:40 p.m. on Friday, the CBS-owned news station KPIX in San Francisco shared a near-identical message on Twitter.

"In light of the uncertainty around Twitter and out of an abundance of caution, CBS News Bay Area is pausing its activity on the social media site as we continue to monitor the platform," the news network tweeted.

\u201cIn light of the uncertainty around Twitter and out of an abundance of caution, CBS News Bay Area is pausing its activity on the social media site as we continue to monitor the platform.\u201d
— KPIX 5 (@KPIX 5) 1668825628

At the time of publication, the official CBS News Twitter account with nearly 9 million followers has not posted on Musk's social media platform since Friday. The same goes for the CBS Twitter account with over 1 million followers, "CBS Mornings" Twitter account with nearly 500,000 followers, the "CBS Evening News" account with nearly 400,000 followers, and "CBS Sunday Morning" with over 260,000 followers.

CBS affiliates in Chicago, Colorado, Detroit, Los Angeles, and New York have not posted in nearly 24 hours.

The official CBS News Radio Twitter account continues to tweet.

However, CBS News continues to maintain an account on TikTok – which has often been described as possible Chinese spyware.

In October, Forbes reported that TikTok was planning to utilize location data collected on the app to track and monitor some American citizens.

A report by Forbes released in August found that "three hundred current employees at TikTok and its parent company ByteDance previously worked for Chinese state media publications." The report said that 15 employees worked simultaneously at ByteDance and Chinese state media.

In June, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Brendan Carr urged Apple and Google to remove the TikTok app from their online stores. Carr stated, "At its core, TikTok functions as a sophisticated surveillance tool that harvests extensive amounts of personal and sensitive data."

In June 2021, TikTok updated its privacy policy in the United States to give the app permission to collect biometric data of U.S. users, which includes faceprints and voiceprints.

In July 2020, then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned that TikTok puts "your private information in the hands of the Chinese Communist Party."

In December 2019, the Defense Department said TikTok has "potential security risks associated with its use."

The Transportation Security Administration, U.S. Army, and Navy previously prohibited TikTok from being used on government-issued phones.

CBS News has done extensive coverage of the potential security dangers of TikTok.

In November 2020, CBS News interviewed Klon Kitchen – who previously worked on cyber strategy at the National Counterterrorism Center, as a senior program assessment officer at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in the Office of the Director of Central Intelligence, and as the lead analyst on al Qaeda senior leadership at the Defense Intelligence Agency.

Klon told CBS News, "What makes TikTok particularly concerning is its relationship with the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing, the government of China. The Chinese have fused their government and their industry together so that they cooperate to achieve the ends of the state."

Klon informed the outlet that TikTok uses phones to collect "your name, your home address, your personal network, who you're friends with, your online viewing habits," and keystroke data.

CBS News published another piece titled: "How TikTok could be used for disinformation and espionage."

In 2019, CBS News ran an article with the headline: "Senators say TikTok should be investigated by U.S. intelligence for potential 'national security risks.'"

You can watch the entire CBS News segment regarding Twitter below.

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