Elon Musk has a serious expression as he clasps his hands, wearing a black suit with no tie, at the VivaTech conference in Paris on June 16 2023.
Elon Musk wants X, formerly known as Twitter, to start omitting the headline and other text from news articles posted on the social media site, so only their lead image appears.
  • Elon Musk is escalating his war on the media.
  • X, formerly known as Twitter, plans to hide headlines from news articles, instead only showing a story's lead image.
  • Musk says it's for "esthetics" but his long history of blasting the news media suggests otherwise.

Elon Musk isn't shy about his disdain for the media, and his latest change to X makes that even more apparent.