There is an “information war” taking place, according to Axios CEO Jim VandeHei. VandeHei made the declaration after giving an acceptance speech for winning a journalism award, where he also called out Elon Musk, the owner of X, who advocates for citizen journalism over traditional news outlets.

In his speech, VandeHei referenced Musk’s posts on X, where Musk declared, “You are the media now.”

“Our industry, make no mistake about it – I’m not going to sugarcoat it – everything we do is under fire. Elon Musk sits on X every day saying, ‘We are the media, or you are the media.’ My message to Elon Musk is bulls–t,” VandeHei said.

“You having a blue check mark, a Twitter handle, and 300 words of cleverness doesn’t make you a reporter,” he added.

In response to a clip of VandeHei’s speech on X, Musk posted, “Yeah, whatever. You are the media now, and the legacy media knows it.”

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