Elon Musk’s X/Twitter Boosts Leftist Media, Diminishes Conservative Media
August 9, 2024
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A study by the Media Research Center (MRC) found that Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) algorithm promotes left-leaning media, while punishing a majority of right-leaning media.
The MRC
reviewed
62 media outlets on the political left, center, and right, finding that Elon Musk’s X social media platform “overwhelmingly favors left-leaning media,” boosting 100 percent of the 30 left-leaning media outlets reviewed, while de-boosting 74 percent of the 23 right-leaning media outlets reviewed.