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

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.”

  • theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world
    120·
    3 days ago

    Even I’m not impressed by Elon Musk’s PR team pushing a narrative of him being a victim of drug addiction in order to shift responsibility for his actions and also give him an opportunity to repair his public image by getting clean.

    ^ the real headline. There isn’t an amount of ketamine you can take to make you do a sieg heil on stage

      • Refurbished Refurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org
        4·
        2 days ago

        Seems to be a side effect of being a billionaire, though.

        Or maybe being a Nazi is just a prerequisite since you have to exploit a lot of people to get to that point, and the kinds of people who become Nazis are sociopaths who desire power above all else.

    • MagicShel@lemmy.zipEnglish
      13·
      3 days ago

      It’s so fucking embarrassing to watch him, and I hated him before. It sets my nerves on fire like the visual equivalent to nails on a chalkboard. Keep posting it. For every right-winger who sees it and cheers, there have to be four more who feel deeply ashamed to cast their lot with him.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    841·
    3 days ago

    He still hasn’t figured out he was always gonna be the first fall guy…

    They’ll blame all the damage on him before midterms to try and trick the rubes that it’s not Republican’s fault.

  • BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world
    32·
    3 days ago

    Step 2 in trying to make Musk the sole fall guy for the misdeeds of the entire Republican party/leadership. Musk is one of many anti-American criminals, we can’t let the rest get away with their roles. They are ALL complicit, not just Musk. All of them.

  • tartarin@lemm.ee
    25·
    3 days ago

    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.

      • barneypiccolo@lemm.eeEnglish
        8·
        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.

  • NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz
    191·
    3 days ago

    If we ignore all the other context for a second: the “drugs are bad” angle is kind of hilarious if he’s on multiple hallucinogens, uppers and downers and the only identified issue was he had to pee a bit more than usual.

    • jake_jake_jake_@lemmy.world
      18·
      3 days ago

      the bladder issues from ketamine make it so you cannot pee, and from what i read elsewhere is that issues present after long term or heavy use.

    • dragontamer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      3 days ago

      Watch Elon Musk of 2012 vs 2025.

      Long term drug use clearly destroyed his brain. He never was very smart but 2012 Musk is a fucking genius in comparison

  • Flemmy@lemm.ee
    13·
    3 days ago

    Speedrun extreme right fascism on meth Ket. What could possibly be on the far horizon?

  • Pacattack57@lemmy.world
    3·
    3 days ago

    This is nothing compared to the alleged 3some with Stephen miller and his wife. The going theory is Elmo got punched in the face by Miller and that’s how he got the black eye.