$44B at stake in Elon Musk's bid to buy Twitter.  The on-again, off-again deal is being played out in court and on the social media platform itself.  KMOX Virtual Consumer Editor and Media Literacy expert Julie Smith get insight and perspective from Bloomberg Reporter Kurt Wagner.

Grieving Online

The average American consumes 11 hours a day of electronic mass media! Learning to analyze media messages regardless of who sends them is a 21st century survival skill (in Missouri they're considering adding it to the school curriculum). What the Media ?!!? will explore topics like "How to spot a bot" and "why memes work". We speak with local Media Literacy professors and authors as our experts in addition to the anchors and reporters in our newsroom. A good comparison is a food critic - they look at how the food is prepared, who the chef is, how the food is presented, the texture etc. We will do the same for Media!