‘You Are the Media Now’

“This week’s epic fight over funding the government captures the power — and flaws — of the new information ecosystem,” Axios reports.

“Elon Musk and his followers on X proved they dominate the Republican media industrial complex — using a digital revolt to kill a spending bill, and open the door to a government shutdown. That revolt was powered by some false information, tweeted with total self-certainty.”

Said Donald Trump Jr.: “We aren’t just the media here now. We are also the government.”