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9:06Now PlayingElon Musk slips up and reveals his true feelings when cornered by reporter on people hating him for trying to influence politics. John Iadarola and Jayar Jackson break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Elon Musk Attacks Media After Reporter Suggests People ‘Loathe’ Him‘They Hate You More’
"Elon Musk, the world's first trillionaire, is apparently not one to take any vocal criticism particularly lightly.
"Maybe some people do loathe me — and that's probably true — I don't care," Musk, 55, told editor-in-chief of The Economist Zanny Minton Beddoes in a wide-ranging, 90-minute video interview released on Thursday, July 23, after the X owner was asked if he understands that "some people do loathe" Musk and believe his politics and use of social media is not "helpful for Western democracy."
"But the fact that, as you pointed out, a quarter billion people follow me is that I think a lot more people actually like me than don't," he continued. "And I think a lot more people hate you and the media more than you realize.""
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