Silicon Valley's biggest companies and CEOs are increasingly bypassing traditional journalism by creating or embracing friendly, corporate-aligned media outlets that shield them from critical questions.
According to a reported analysis by writer Nick Robins-Early for The Guardian, Silicon Valley’s most powerful figures are increasingly turning away from traditional journalism and constructing their own ecosystem of friendly media outlets, podcasts and corporate-backed publications that present them in a flattering, unchallenged light.
The trend is illustrated through a surreal moment involving Palantir CEO Alex Karp: during a promotional appearance on Sourcery, a YouTube show affiliated with the finance platform Brex, a dramatic montage of Karp and waving US flags plays before he strolls through the office discussing company culture, a sword he owns, and how he once dug up the remains of his childhood dog Rosita to rebury them near his home.
Host Molly O’Shea responds warmly, "That’s really sweet," she tells him, and no questions are raised about Palantir’s long-criticized work with US immigration authorities.
Robins-Early’s reporting makes clear that such curated appearances are no longer fringe phenomena. Figures like Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, and others have gravitated toward platforms where interviews are conversational, playful, and almost entirely devoid of scrutiny.
These spaces, which include self-produced corporate media, have grown into an influential alternative ecosystem that shields tech elites from probing accountability at a moment when public trust in big tech and AI is eroding. (more...)
How tech giants build their own media bubble to avoid scrutiny
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