Elon Musk just called the WaPo out for making stuff up and being shady.

This is hardly surprising. CNN, ABC, the New York Times, and the Washington Post. These are a few of the media companies that are going after American values. (Americans have realized this and are turning to conservative, alternative news sites instead.)

Conservatives with soft power have long been trying to stop this ideological monopoly from completely sweeping the press. This time, Elon Musk has encountered another roadblock to making it happen: a possible conflict of interest with Jeff Bezos, the owner of the leftist Washington Post. (That's the same paper that started shilling for Bezos' space exploration company and also killed a mild-mannered hit piece against its owner, Bezos. Of course, they still claim that they're independent.)

What did WaPo do to get slammed by Musk?

On May 1st, Musk attended a White House debriefing with reporters from legacy media such as The Washington Post and The New York Times. After the debriefing, WaPo reported that Musk had compared himself to Buddha. But it's taken out of context. This might have irked Musk before he posted that most of their stories are fake, and all of them are deceptive. In other words, he slammed them for lying.

In any case, after a quick search, it does seem they're obsessed with the billionaire. In the past two weeks, WaPo has run dozens of articles about Musk. Maybe he is tired of their efforts to vilify him.

Elon and Jeff: Long-Time Rivals

Bezos and Musk have been bickering and competing for years. Musk, a major donor to President Trump's re-election campaign, claimed that Bezos had predicted Trump's loss and advised others to sell their Tesla and SpaceX stock. Bezos denied this, but the incident provoked tensions between the two powerful businessmen. To add even more beef, this April 4, Musk’s SpaceX was awarded $5.9 billion by the Pentagon to complete 28 missions, whilst Bezos’s Blue Origin received only seven missions worth $2.3 billion. 

Besides being head-to-head between these twin companies, both men also have significant business interests that intersect with government policies. While Musk, senior advisor to DOGE, has aligned himself with Trump, Bezos has sought to maintain a more neutral stance and play nice with the President.

But following accusations that Musk has been using DOGE to fund his own interests and his step-down from DOGE responsibilities, is Elon scared of losing the upper hand?

The Battle for Media Truth 

Or it could be something else. Elon Musk's recent accusations against Bezos-owned The Washington Post show a growing divide between how Silicon Valley's tech giants and other conservatives want to tackle legacy media. 

Old media outlets like The Washington Post regurgitate wokeness and misinformation, spoon-feed every American these fabricated narratives. It's terrible that the mainstream media is biased against its own country by calling their leftist views “progressive.” 

To be honest, conservatives know that the best way to do journalism is to have a fair media that tells the truth to our communities. Although it's clear that press outlets that serve the elite need to be shut down, the rivalry between Musk and Bezos makes things even more complicated in the media world.

Their disagreements show bigger political and ideological gaps. Perhaps Musk is asking Bezos to cut the crap with legacy media. He has a right to criticize The Washington Post. His comments could be part of a larger movement to question the stories that mainstream media tell. No one knows for sure if Musk did it out of a personal grudge or as part of a plan to change the way the media works. 

One thing is clear: the battle for media control is intensifying, and tech billionaires don’t intend to leave the game to someone else.