Tesla CEO and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has hinted that he may be considering buying left-leaning cable news network MSNBC.
Donald Trump Jr. posted on
“Hey @elonmusk, I have the funniest idea ever!!!” Trump Jr. wrote.
The richest man in the world asked, “How much money do you have?”
“Especially if it’s ironic, it’s most likely to be the funniest outcome,” Musk said with a laughing emoji.
A quick summary of when Musk bought Twitter
SpaceX’s CEO may have been joking, but he said something similar about Twitter at the time, years before it acquired the social media network now known as X in 2022.
After Musk expressed his “love” for Twitter, one user responded: “Then you should buy it.”
“How much?” Musk asked in December 2017. A few years later, the billionaire bought the social media platform for $44 billion. He returned to the post in April 2022, wearing an upside-down smile.
No matter how serious Musk is about the idea, there are already concerns about a potential takeover.
The billionaire’s acquisition of X changed the social media scene forever.
Among his first actions was lifting the ban on former President Donald Trump, whose account had been blocked for failing to stop his supporters from storming the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Since President Trump selected Musk to serve in the incoming presidential administration, Bluesky, who will replace Mr. X, has noticed an increase in new users fleeing the Musk-owned platform.
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President Trump lashes out on MSNBC and other channels
President Trump has already targeted channels such as MSNBC, calling on lawmakers to vote against measures to protect press freedom and forcing federal governments to revoke the broadcast licenses of networks he deems to be violating the law. He threatened to put pressure on the Communications Commission. Trump’s choice to head the FCC signals readiness to take action against networks, and Musk also plans to cut federal funding for publicly supported news organizations It also suggests that.
President Trump also called MSNBC a “24-hour job” and accused it of meddling in the election.
Last year, Trump filed lawsuits against up to 20 news organizations for exaggerating the losses he suffered on his Truth Social platform.
In an interview with CNN, Craig Moffett of media analyst Moffett Nathanson said, “There are only two media companies that Donald Trump hates more than CNN: MSNBC; NBC.”
