Where do you get your news?

Q1126 answers2019-2026
Short answer

He looks at Google News as a summation of headlines, at the X platform — if something is important enough it will show up there — talks to friends, and does research.

From his 2026-10 answer in Elon Musk: "Humans Won't Be in Control" When AI Becomes Smarter Than Us. Summary is ours; see the quotes below.

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🎙 Interview · 2019-11 · Air Force Space Pitch Day · asked by Lt. Gen. John Thompson (Air Force Space Pitch Day) · watch at 26:17 · transcript ·
He said he generally tries not to read the daily news because newspapers seem to answer the question of what is the worst thing that happened on Earth today. He finds science and technology periodicals interesting, and Twitter enlightening at times.
"what is the worst thing that happened on Earth today"
𝕏 post · 2023-09-29 · @elonmusk on X · open post ·
Says he rarely reads legacy media anymore and gets his news from X instead.
"Just get my news from X – much more immediate, has actual world-class subject matter experts and tons of humor."
🎙 Interview · 2023-12-21 · X Spaces with Cathie Wood (ARK Invest) (2023) · asked by Cathie Wood · watch at 2:57 · transcript ·
He says media not maximizing clicks gets outcompeted by media that does.
"Any media that isn't focused on controversy and is not maximizing the clicks is going to get out competed by media that does maximize the clicks."
🎙 Interview · 2023-12-21 · X Spaces with Cathie Wood (ARK Invest) (2023) · asked by Cathie Wood · watch at 9:38 · transcript ·
He says you want information from experts in the field, or in a war zone, people literally in the field.
"you want your information be coming at you from people who are experts in the field or who are in the case of, let's say, a war zone, literally in the field."
🎙 Interview · 2023-12-21 · X Spaces with Cathie Wood (ARK Invest) (2023) · asked by Cathie Wood · watch at 9:50 · transcript ·
He prefers information from people in the field over journalists who are usually not at the scene.
"as opposed to filtered through journalists who are not experts in the field and who most of the time, probably 99% of time are literally not at the scene."
🎙 Interview · 2026-10 · Elon Musk: "Humans Won't Be in Control" When AI Becomes Smarter Than Us · asked by Walter Isaacson · watch at 30:25 · transcript ·
He looks at Google News as a summation of headlines, at the X platform — if something is important enough it will show up there — talks to friends, and does research.
"I look at Google News, uh, which is a summation of headlines. I look at uh the Xplatform, which if if something's important enough, it it it'll it'll show up on the X platform."

Last updated: 2026-10 (newest answer).

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