Elon Musk Tells Advertisers ‘Black Message’ X — ‘Go Away’
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is once again making explosive news reports on live TV at his annual conference hosted by The New York Times.
In the year At Dell's 2023 conference in New York on November 29, Elon Musk, owner of the micro-blogging platform X (formerly Twitter), blamed advertisers for leaving the social network because of anti-Semitic posts he published there.
Musk recently publicly endorsed what he called “anti-Semitic and racist hate speech” at the White House, for which he has since apologized. The tweet has also been deleted.
However, interviewer Andrew Ross Sorkin said that as the advertisers left the stage, Musk said:
“If someone tries to blackmail me with advertising, harass me financially, put yourself in a position…. Go… fuck… yourself. Is this clear? I hope it does.
Disney CEO Bob Iger, who reportedly was in the audience, also shouted, “Hey Bob!” he shouted. Since the company was one of several promoters who left X.
“Go hit yourself.”
– Elon Musk pic.twitter.com/UnucuBSBKj
— Teslaconomics (@Teslaconomics) November 30, 2023
“What this ad interruption is going to do is kill the company,” Musk told Sorkin, “and the whole world knows that those advertisers killed the company, and we're going to document it.”
A report from the New York Times on November 24 suggested that up to $75 million in revenue could be at stake for more than 200 advertisers, including Airbnb, Coca-Cola and Microsoft.
Earlier this month, Media Matters reported that it had found ads for Apple, Bravo, Oracle, Xfinity and IBM next to articles on X describing Hitler and his Nazi party.
According to a report by NPR on November 25, after Elon Musk took over, the platform lost 50 of the top 100 advertisers. Big name brands like Ford, Verizon, Chevrolet, Chipotle and several pharmaceutical companies like Merck have pulled ads in recent months.
Related: Twitter is now worth half the $44B Elon Musk was paid.
Crypto consultant Aubrey Strobel saw the ironic side of the outburst, noting that CNBC was not expecting it, “so there was no delay in profanity, and therefore CNBC violated FCC guidelines that would be fined.” so funny”
“Everywhere I see people who are doing bad things and trying to look good,” Musk continued, now on a roll.
Elon Musk claims to have done more for the environment than anyone else on Earth.
He explains that he not only wants people to see him as a good person, but also wants to do good in the world.
Critics' minds are easing. pic.twitter.com/oKrQSEaPFm
— Pomp (@Apompliano) November 29, 2023
“And that's why Elon is the perfect person to buy Twitter,” says political analyst Colin Ragg.
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