The article discusses the potential sale of TikTok to billionaire conservatives like Rupert Murdoch and Larry Ellison, who plan to turn it into a platform for right-wing propaganda, raising concerns about increased bias, reduced regulation, and the erosion of ethical content, with parallels drawn to other media consolidation efforts.
Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson's bromance has been months in the making, with Musk's increasing investment in the broader culture war partly fueled by his takeover of Twitter. Musk's far-right sympathies have endeared him to the far-right trolls he solicited for advice and feedback on changes to Twitter. Carlson and Musk have grown tightly aligned, with Carlson highly effusive about Musk's reign as CEO of Twitter. The real challenge would be figuring out one thing they disagree on.