In the latest media backlash to Tesla founder Elon Musk’s criticism of corporate media outlets, a liberal writer is demanding that Twitter ban Musk for having too much influence on the platform and not enough respect for journalists.

Musk “needs to be stopped,” Felix Salmon argued Tuesday, citing the billionaire’s “utter lack of empathy” towards journalists who receive mean tweets from his followers. (RELATED: Liberal Journalists Aren’t Owed Protection From Mean Tweets)

Musk on May 23 criticized the “holier-than-thou hypocrisy of big media companies who lay claim to the truth, but publish only enough to sugarcoat the lie.” The billionaire also announced plans for a new website that rates media trustworthiness — an announcement that unsettled many journalists.

“Musk, in his bubble of privilege, thinks he can behave however he likes, to whomever he likes, without having to face any consequence,” Salmon complained on Tuesday.

“For him, trolling journalists and scientists is likely a brief and enjoyable distraction from the stresses of running two independent multibillion-dollar companies, while trying to simultaneously build a third. It’s not fun, however, for the commons as a whole, and to be honest it’s probably not even healthy for Musk.”

If Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey “really wants to make Twitter a little bit nicer, and significantly less unequal, he must ban Elon Musk,” Salmon concluded.

“Neither of them will like it, but it’s for their own good—and that of the rest of us too.”

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