Elon Musk and Twitter have changed the media as we know it in a profound and irreversible way

There's still widespread confusion over what Elon Musk has actually done with his construction of the X platform.

Elon and X have changed the media as we know it in a very profound and irreversible way.

This is something that affects all of us, regardless of personal politics, so it's probably something worth investigating and considering with an open mind.

In 2016 , Twitter becomes the number one place on the Internet to get news and updates directly from the hand of the President of the United States . This had never been done before. The people had only ever experienced their president through the filter of pre written speeches, quotes in newspaper stories, edited clips and sound bites on TV. But President Trump was just out there, live and direct, unfiltered, and it was all on Twitter . This is a point where traditional media really begins to crumble.

Elon Musk decided to buy Twitter in the midst of a war between the establishment and the public.

He wanted to move social media back to where it started, as a space where anyone could share their own experiences and opinions for the world to see something authentic and grassroots where we could literally see the will of the people unfold in real time.

The old media at this point has long since abandoned their post as the truth tellers.