Trump and Musk vs. Reuters: When Facts Are Inconvenient, Just Yell “Fake News”
On February 13, Donald Trump and Elon Musk, the Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid of online outrage, teamed up for their latest hobby: publicly attacking journalists. Their target of the week? Reuters. What sparked the outrage? A completely misrepresented Pentagon contract from 2018. ✔ The reality: A Reuters-owned analytics division (TRSS) once had a $9…