Musk Defends Himself on X After Antisemitic Furor Deepens
- The billionaire complains of hundreds of ‘bogus’ media reports
- Musk’s endorsement of post triggered a growing controversy
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Elon Musk railed against “bogus” media reports accusing him of antisemitism, issuing his strongest response yet after endorsing antisemitic content in a post on X that provoked outrage and alienated advertisers like Apple Inc.
The backlash erupted last week after the billionaire Tesla Inc. chief and X-owner agreed with a post that said Jewish people hold a “dialectical hatred” of white people. That message has since drawn criticism from the White House as well as several Tesla investors. Walt Disney Co. was among the big corporate names that have distanced themselves from the platform formerly known as Twitter.