Sure you can connect directly to Elon Musk and Bill Gates, but is what you're getting from them fact? Are there any opposing views? Do you have all the context around what they may be saying? Getting your information from the horse's mouth is most valuable when you are getting all the information, ideally coalesced into a single place.

Augmenting a story with accountability and completeness is arguably the primarily responsibility of newspapers and journalists, especially in the Internet era.