Elon Musk Blasts ‘bogus’ Allegations Of Antisemitism: ‘Nothing Could Be Further From The Truth’
Elon Musk blasted “bogus media stories” alleging he’s antisemitic after he endorsed a disparaging tweet about Jews final week.
The billionaire’s assertion of protection follows a turbulent week wherein a number of main corporations pulled advertisements from X in condemnation of antisemitism they are saying he allowed to unfold on the social media platform.
“This past week, there were hundreds of bogus media stories claiming that I am antisemitic,” Musk posted Sunday on his social media platform, X.
“Nothing could be further from the truth,” he declared.
“I wish only the best for humanity and a prosperous and exciting future for all,” he added within the put up.
The world’s richest man discovered himself in sizzling water final week after he tweeted {that a} consumer was talking “the actual truth” in response to a put up that claimed, “Jewish communities have been pushing the exact kind of dialectical hatred against whites that they claim to want people to stop using against them.”
Elon Musk stated Sunday “nothing could be farther from the truth” in response to allegations of antisemitism.Getty Photos Musk sparked outrage after he agreed with a consumer’s put up.
The consumer’s tweet additionally claimed that Jews supported “hordes of minorities” immigrating to the US.
Hours after his obvious settlement sparked outrage on-line, Musk walked again and certified that he doesn’t consider hatred of white folks extends “to all Jewish communities.”
Musk then went after the Anti-Defamation League, whom he has blamed for inflicting a reported 60% drop in X’s advert income by its marketing campaign to average hate speech.
He posted in the identical thread that the group “unjustly attacks the majority of the West” regardless of its help for Israel and Jews.
“This is because they cannot, by their own tenets, criticize the minority groups who are their primary threat. It is not right and needs to stop,” he tweeted.
Musk additionally attacked the ADL in a tirade on X final Wednesday. The White Home condemned Musk’s endorsement of the antisemitic tweet.through REUTERS
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO additionally accused the ADL of attempting to close down the location previously generally known as Twitter and threatened to sue the league for “falsely accusing it and me of being antisemitic.”
White Home spokesperson Andrew Bates blasted Musk, and stated the Biden administration condemns “this abhorrent promotion of Antisemitic and racist hate in the strongest terms, which runs against our core values as Americans.”
“It is unacceptable to repeat the hideous lie behind the most fatal act of Antisemitism in American history at any time, let alone one month after the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust,” Bates stated.
Amid the drama, Apple introduced it was yanking commercials from Musk’s X after a report discovered that its advertisements have been positioned alongside far-right content material.
Elon Musk blasted “bogus media stories” alleging antisemitism on Saturday.
Disney, movie firm Lionsgate and Tech big IBM additionally pulled their advertisements from the social media website after Media Issues, a liberal watchdog group, reported that their advertisements have been positioned subsequent to content material selling Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Get together on X.
X stated its system doesn’t deliberately place manufacturers “actively next to this kind of content,” and that the content material cited by Media Issues would now not have the ability to generate profits off its posts.
Scores of Jewish leaders known as for different corporations to halt advertisements on X following the report’s publication.
Musk, in response, vowed to file “a thermonuclear lawsuit against Media Matters and ALL those who colluded in this fraudulent attack on our company.”
