Elon Musk said what many Americans think when it comes to ratings-challenged CNN, suggesting that “no one takes them seriously.”
CNN cited a new study published in the journal Child Abuse & Neglect to report this week that parents yelling at their children can be as harmful as sexual abuse.
“Parents, teachers, coaches and other adults shouting at, denigrating or verbally threatening children can be as damaging to their development as sexual or physical abuse,” the network reported, adding that the authors of the study “called for childhood verbal abuse to be ascribed its own category of maltreatment to facilitate prevention.”
More from the network:
Child maltreatment is currently classified into four categories — physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, of which verbal abuse is a part, and neglect — and this study can inform strategies for prevention and treatment.
Unlike other forms of emotional abuse, including indifference, silent treatment and witnessing domestic violence, researchers categorized verbal abuse as more “overt” and said it “warrants special attention.”
The always alert Libs of TikTok shared CNN’s reporting while offering this assessment: “WTF @CNN? Why would you lie about this?”
This prompted Musk to weigh in, “And they wonder why no one takes them seriously …”
And they wonder why no one takes them seriously …
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 3, 2023
Musk also praised X’s Community Notes, which offered this clarification: “The actual study claims that verbal abuse should should be considered a real form of abuse and taken seriously. It does not suggest that yelling at a child is as damaging as sexually assaulting them.”
And, once again, @CommunityNotes corrects their tedious misinformation
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 3, 2023
For what it’s worth, CNN hit an all-time record ratings low in the third quarter of 2023 drawing a paltry 119,000 average primetime demo viewers and a 88,000 average of total day demo viewers, according to Deadline.
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