Elon Musk is no saint, but much of the media is demonizing him

The message is unmistakable: We’re all doomed!

I mean, this could be the end of civilization as we know it.

Elon Musk, in reaching a deal to buy Twitter, has found himself being slapped harder than Chris Rock as he tries to complete his $44 billion takeover of the company. Also punched, kicked and compared to a Bond movie villain – that last one from the Washington Post sports pages.

"Twitter Under Elon Will Be a Scary Place," says a New York Times opinion columnist.

But here’s the problem: It’s already a scary place. For all its great strengths in spreading news, building community and hosting national conversations, it’s also a dark neighborhood where people get attacked, mocked and threatened, and where misinformation thrives.