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Elon Musk to start 'Pravda' website to rate credibility of journalists

Electric car maker Tesla has been hit by a spate of negative news reports in the recent past, with Musk saying that the media has lost its credibility

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BS Web Team New Delhi
Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk slammed big media companies for what he called their "holier-than-thou hypocrisy". Taking to Twitter on Wednesday, Musk said that media houses laid claim to the truth but published "only enough to sugarcoat the lie", adding that this was "why the public no longer respects them". Going a step further, the business magnate said he was going to create a site where the public can rate the "core truth of any article" and track the "credibility score" of journalists.   

Musk's tirade against media houses started with a tweet responding to an article titled 'Tesla

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