{"id":25471,"date":"2025-04-07T09:01:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T09:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=25471"},"modified":"2025-04-07T09:23:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T09:23:47","slug":"how-x-is-benefiting-as-musk-advises-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=25471","title":{"rendered":"How X Is Benefiting as Musk Advises Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On a recent Thursday, journalists cramming into the White House press briefing room saw an unfamiliar face in a rotating seat designated for new media<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It was occupied by John Stoll, who had recently been appointed head of news at X, the social platform owned by Elon Musk.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs you all know \u2014 you are all on X \u2014 it\u2019s home to hundreds of millions of users, a large contingent of independent journalists and news organizations across geographies and political spectrums,\u201d said Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary<\/a>, by way of an introduction. She then directed Mr. Stoll to ask the first question.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The decision by the White House to grant X a position of power and visibility alongside news organizations was one of an increasing number of perks landed by the social media company, as Mr. Musk became omnipresent at President Trump\u2019s side.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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John Stoll, head of news at X, at the daily briefing in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in February.<\/span>Jacquelyn Martin\/Associated Press<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Since the election, the platform has become a go-to source for administration information, as Mr. Musk provides real-time updates about his Department of Government Efficiency and targets for federal cost-cutting to his more than 219 million followers. In February, at least a dozen government agencies, including the Internal Revenue Service and Defense Department, established new DOGE-focused X accounts to seek tips about federal waste and fraud. Users seeking an audience with Mr. Musk have increasingly flocked to the site in hopes of catching his ear.<\/p>\n

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On a recent Thursday, journalists cramming into the White House press briefing room saw an unfamiliar face in a rotating seat designated for new media.It was occupied by John Stoll, who had recently been appointed head of news at X, the social platform owned by Elon Musk.\u201cAs you all know \u2014 you are all on X \u2014 it\u2019s home to hundreds of millions of users, a large contingent of independent journalists and news organizations across geographies and political spectrums,\u201d said Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, by way of an introduction. She then directed Mr. Stoll to ask the first question.The decision by the White House to grant X a position of power and visibility alongside news organizations was one of an increasing number of perks landed by the social media company, as Mr. Musk became omnipresent at President Trump\u2019s side.John Stoll, head of news at X, at the daily briefing in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in February.Jacquelyn Martin\/Associated PressSince the election, the platform has become a go-to source for administration information, as Mr. Musk provides real-time updates about his Department of Government Efficiency and targets for federal cost-cutting to his more than 219 million followers. In February, at least a dozen government agencies, including the Internal Revenue Service and Defense Department, established new DOGE-focused X accounts to seek tips about federal waste and fraud. Users seeking an audience with Mr. Musk have increasingly flocked to the site in hopes of catching his ear.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25473,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25471"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25474,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25471\/revisions\/25474"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}