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Howard Kurtz accused Tesla and X CEO of ‘deflection’ in answers about New York Times reporting

A Fox News host called out Elon Musk’s response to the New York Times report alleging drug use while the billionaire was working as Trump’s senior adviser at DOGE.

The Times report alleged that Musk was frequently using magic mushrooms, ecstasy, Adderall, and ketamine in amounts that caused him bladder issues.

When asked about the report during an Oval Office press briefing on Friday, Musk questioned the newspaper’s credibility.

“Wait, wait, The New York Times, is that the same publication that got a Pulitzer Prize for false reporting on Russiagate? Is it the same organization?” Musk replied. “Let’s move on.”

On Sunday, Fox News anchor Howard Kurtz called out Musk for refusing to answer the question directly, saying he “decided to talk about something from five years ago involving the Pulitzers because he knew that he did not want to answer that question. That’s my take.”

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[–] tartarin@lemm.ee 25 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm not sure his businesses will be glad to welcome him back. Sure, they want him away from the DC spotlights, but the guy is still an addict with a depression.

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

No, he won’t be welcomed back. But he’ll be back.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 8 points 3 days ago

His board of directors is glad to have him back. He has singlehandedly tanked his companies' brand image and sales with his irresponsible ego bender, and there has to be serious talk of a shareholder lawsuit in the works, especially after that last disastrous earnings report. The Board probably convinced them to hold off until the next earnings report, hoping things will improve, but it won't. Once a bubble pops, it doesn't reinflate again.

The only thing holding up the stock at this point is that it is a major holding in many institutional funds. As future earnings report remain poor, or even get worse, those institutional funds will start dumping it, and then it will fully crash. At that point, the lawsuit will go forward.

The Board is just hoping that by forcing him to get back to work, and not tolerating his nonsense any more, they may be able to avoid being named in the lawsuit as well.

Tesla will be bankrupt within two years.