To be fair he did also tell his quarter billion followers that they hate mainstream media in general and that female journalist in particular. He's been doing this for at least eight years, probably longer. From 2018: www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovat...

Pravda: Elon Musk’s solution for punishing journalistsThe tech billionaire has skirmished with the media in the past. Now, it seems, he's declared war.www.washingtonpost.com