. >> want to bring in cnn media analyst sara fisher.he new yorker" article goes into great details about this reliance and the big question people have. whertharticle talks about the degree of dependency that the u.s. has on musk. are we in too deep here? >> we're in an unprecedented situation. typically, the u.s. government is not the go-between between an allied force of ukraine and the nato ally and a private u.s. citizen. we never really experienced that type of situation before. the starlink example is critical. and puts the u.s. in its biggest bind as it pertains to this go-between role. there's other situations where musk has forced the government to take action on things related to technology. you think of driverless vehicles. the biden administration had to twist the arm of elon musk and giving him the action credits to ensure that the tesla charging stations would be applicable to other vehicles. you can see a lot of examples where the government had to play ball with elon musk. we never had a private citizen in that -- holdin

. >> i want to bring in cnn media analyst sara fisher and former senior advisor to the biden 2020 campaignvorite darling of all democrats who are looking at him and at different times as a thorn in their side. he has said that he is steadfast for west virginia, not just a party. how do you take it? >> well, i take this as joe manchin realizes he might have a difficult gop challenger in 2024. also, look, you all mentioned it in the package. he has not always been helpful to the party. he has sometimes been a thorn in the side when it comes to voting rights. so if he decides he doesn't want to be a part of the democratic party, i am open to someone who wants to be a true democrat running and taking that seat. >> often people talk about west virginia. you couldn't have a successful democrat be elected other than joe manchin, whether that's true or not. he certainly is trying to play the field media-wise. he is well aware of the attention he receives. he is aware of the no labels conversation before. is he capitalizing on the uncertainty? >> i think so. and it's important to remember that was

joining us is cnn's senior media analyst sara fisher. also a senior media reporter at axios.. based on, you know, the analysis, anyone outside of the leadership of x think that this company is safer or healthier than it was a year ago? >> reporter: well, victor, the best way to determine that is to see how ad spend has changed. advertisers are not willing to put their brands on the line for this platform, especially now. there is so many other options for them, whether it's threads, you know, tiktok, instagram. they have other places to do organic and paid social reach. and what the data shows is that advertising in the u.s., especially, is down. "the new york times" had a report that ads were down 59% from april 1 to the first week of may. i am not sure that this platform advertisers think has less hate and vitriol than it used to have. she didn't provide any solid met licks about that. what she said is that the company taking new measures reduce some of the risks that advertisers have in putting their messages against some of its content. she did not say that the content it

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