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New Republic slaps ‘Scoundrel of the Year’ title on X owner Elon Musk, calls him ‘evil’, ‘deeply hateful’
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New Republic slaps ‘Scoundrel of the Year’ title on X owner Elon Musk, calls him ‘evil’, ‘deeply hateful’

[ad_1] In a shocking development, the American magazine, the New Republic has crowned X owner Elon Musk as ‘The Scoundrel of the Year'. In a long article liberally seeded with choice name-calling, the magazine charted out the actions and decisions made by the billionaire in 2023 that got his this dubious award. The New Republic said, “He proved this year that he's not just evil but deeply stupid too”. This comes after Musk made the headlines recently for posting anti-semitic comments on X, which led to multiple advertisers boycotting the platform and also using expletives during a live interview.Awarding Musk the controversial title, the publication highlighted all his decisions made after taking over Twitter as the reason why. The magazine added, “It is hard to think of a billionaire w...
Elon Musk Calls Antisemitic Post on X the ‘Actual Truth’
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Elon Musk Calls Antisemitic Post on X the ‘Actual Truth’

[ad_1] Billionaire Elon Musk endorsed an antisemitic post on X, the social media site he owns, that attacked members of the Jewish community for pushing “dialectical hatred” against white people. “You have said the actual truth,” Musk said in his reply to the post. Musk, the chief executive officer of Tesla Inc. and the world's richest person with a net worth of around $225 billion, has repeatedly been criticized for promoting content attacking Jewish people at a time of rising antisemitism.  Last year, the American Jewish Committee, an advocacy organization, called on Musk to apologize after he deleted a controversial tweet that made a satirical comparison between Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Adolf Hitler.Earlier this year, Musk blamed the Anti-Defamation League for a slu...