I looked into this and what Elon is referring to with Bill Gates and the media is actually wild.
A 2021 MintPress investigation reviewed over 30,000 Gates Foundation grants and found at least $319 million went to media outlets, journalism projects, and training programs.
Biggest direct recipients included:
> NPR: $24.6 million
> The Guardian: $12.9 million
> Cascade Public Media: $10.8 million
> Der Spiegel: $5.4 million
> CNN: $3.6 million
> Plus BBC, The Atlantic, Le Monde, NBC, and many more
Most of the money was earmarked for coverage of global health, development, education, and gender equality, the exact topics the foundation prioritizes.
Every outlet says the funding comes with full editorial independence.
The grants are public. No one has produced evidence of direct pay for positive stories.
But the scale is massive.
And Elon doesn’t write those checks.
That’s the documented difference.
Only in America does someone step out in a $150 sneaker, sip $8 coffee, post from a $1,000 phone, and claim they are oppressed and capitalism is broken!
@greg_price11 THE ICC?!? This dude is as crooked as they come if he’s out here spouting pro Lich King propaganda! Arthas Menthil was a traitor to Lordaeron!
Funny how the same people who melted down over Trump at MSG clogging NYC traffic are dead silent about Taylor Swift’s wedding causing the exact same disruption
I am having a drink this evening with a friend in a Chiswick pub. Two policemen have just come into the pub and asked me to step outside. I have stepped outside and they have threatened me because I tweeted about a councillor banning seating outside pubs in Chiswick. They admit on video (watch it!) that I did not break the law at all. They came to threaten me. To warn me off tweeting about councillors and the council. This is modern Britain. This is the police state. Please, please, please watch this video. It does involve me using very bad language, but this has got to be seen. Police coming out to threaten someone who hasn’t committed a crime. I’m fuming.