In a shocking turn of events, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has escalated tensions with advertisers, by cursing at them in an interview. This comes amidst a growing controversy over an alleged anti-Semitic post by Musk on his social media platform, X, formerly known as Twitter. Musk's controversial remarks were made during an interaction at the New York Times DealBook Summit. He directly addressed advertisers, hurling expletives at them.
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00:00 You don't want them to advertise? No. What do you mean?
00:02 Somebody's gonna try to blackmail me with advertising? Blackmail me with money?
00:08 In a shocking turn of events, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has escalated tensions with advertisers
00:15 by cursing them at an interview. This comes amid a growing controversy over an alleged
00:20 anti-Semitic post by Musk on his social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
00:26 Musk's controversial remarks were made during an interaction at the New York Times Deal Book
00:30 Summit. He directly addressed advertisers hurling expletives at them. Musk's comments
00:36 were in response to Disney CEO Bob Iger, who had stated that the association with X was no
00:41 longer positive for his company. Iger remarked, and I quote, "We know that Elon Musk is larger
00:46 than life in many respects and that his name is very much connected to the companies he founded
00:51 or owns. By him taking the position he took in a public manner, we felt that the association was
00:56 not necessarily a positive one for us." Musk continued to express his disdain for the
01:02 advertising boycott, stating, and I quote, "Look what this advertising boycott is going to do.
01:07 It's going to kill the company, and the whole world will know that those advertisers killed
01:11 the company." This controversy began earlier this month when Musk agreed with a post that
01:21 contained anti-Semitic content. The post claimed that Jewish people have a dialectical hatred of
01:27 white people, a viewpoint widely associated with white supremacist conspiracy theorists.
01:32 The response from the Joe Biden-led White House was swift, condemning Musk's actions as an
01:37 abhorrent promotion of anti-Semitic and racist hate. In an unexpected twist, Musk expressed
01:43 regret for his reaction to the controversial post. Musk went on to call his response one of the most
01:48 foolish, if not the most foolish thing he has ever done on the platform.
01:52 The fallout from this controversy continues to grow, with a list of major companies including
02:00 Disney, IBM, Apple, Comcast, Lionsgate, NBCUniversal, Paramount, and Warner Bros. now
02:06 pulling their advertising from X. The future of the platform remains uncertain, as Musk's remarks
02:12 and the subsequent boycott send shockwaves through the business and tech communities.
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