Elon Musk Hits Out At ‘extremely Skilled Propagandist’ Jon Stewart Over X Criticism

Elon Musk deed backmost astatine The Daily Show big Jon Stewart aft he criticized his social media level X (formerly Twitter), labelling nan comic “an highly skilled propagandist.”

Speaking connected nan latest section of his podcast The Weekly Show, Stewart said that nan world’s richest man “has pushed this thought that undocumented, non-citizen voting is rampant, it is sowing nan seeds of our destruction, and we cannot do it.

“The irony of it each is [because of] this guy’s platform, this guy’s algorithm, which he is successful complaint of... he is simply a acold much applicable character successful nan warping of our democracy, done his money and his algorithm, than immoderate measurement of undocumented, non-citizen voting will ever be.”

As his guests, Platformer editor Casey Newton and Georgetown University investigation professor Renee DiResta, nodded successful agreement, Stewart continued: “What his statement – and I deliberation his people’s statement – would be, is: Now that we’re getting uncensored material, now that nan First Amendment has primacy, group move to nan correct because they study nan truth.

“But nan truth is that nan algorithm incentivizes nan misinformation from nan right, and he designs it.”

Musk reacted to a clip of nan speech connected X by saying, “Jon Stewart is an highly skilled propagandist disguised arsenic a truth-teller.”

The big responded, “Elon Musk is an highly skilled propagandist,” pointedly leaving retired nan second qualifier.

“Not arsenic bully arsenic you! Stop being truthful humble,” nan tech leader answered, prompting Stewart to repetition an connection he made past twelvemonth to look connected his show.

Musk said successful February past year, while he was starring President Donald Trump’s DOGE cognition to trim national expenditure, that he would look connected nan long-running Comedy Central satire “if nan show airs unedited.”

“We’d beryllium delighted!” nan show replied connected X but nan billionaire has yet to make an quality and Stewart later complained that Musk had “ghosted him.”

The comic said his efforts to make nan question and reply hap were ignored by nan SpaceX and Tesla boss, pinch messages sent to him appearing to person been publication but not replied to.

“Judging from his astir caller revelations of his babe mamas, I deliberation everyone has been near connected publication astatine immoderate constituent by that gentleman,” Stewart joked. “I sewage near connected publication man.”

The brace besides sparred complete an section successful which nan big complained astir nan costs of medicine narcotics and, mid-rant, accidentally trim his manus smashing a “World’s Most Dad” java mug connected his table earlier joking to nan workplace audience: “I’ll beryllium going to nan infirmary soon.”

“I will nonstop him immoderate DOGE merch to comfortableness him while he recovers from this injury,” Musk tweeted successful consequence to Stewart’s misfortune.

The billionaire besides replied pinch a dart-hitting-a-bullseye emoji successful consequence to a commenter who said of nan comedian: “There is simply a metaphor here. Democrats are truthful mislaid successful anti-Elon anger that they extremity up hurting themselves.”

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