- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
Elon Musk said that blanket emails sent to federal employees asking for a response about their weekly accomplishments or risk termination was a test to see if they “had a pulse.”
Why are media outlets so complicit in all of this? Headline makes it sound like this was planned all along. Change “admits” to “claims” and you have a more accurate story.
There were a couple of AP articles I saw earlier that stood out as being even worse:
Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by DOGE are expected to produce no savings
Federal technology staffers resign rather than help Musk and DOGE
(The first one I objected to and have been arguing about in the comments. It’s infuriating how the consent is being manufactured right before our eyes and people just flat-out refuse to see it.)
While I’m at it, I’d also like to mention this video I saw the other day. It’s mostly off-topic (it’s about NYC’s new congestion charge and comparing it to London’s experience implementing the concept), but it gives a really good example of how propagandized US news can be even on something that isn’t overtly partisan the way Musk/DOGE topics are.