Summary

Elon Musk called for the firing of Wall Street Journal reporter Katherine Long after she exposed racist tweets from Marko Elez, a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employee who later resigned.

Long’s report revealed Elez had posted remarks promoting racism and eugenics.

“Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool,” Elez posted in July, according to the Journal’s review of archived posts.

Musk, who claims to support free speech, labeled Long “disgusting and cruel” and demanded that she should be fired.

Critics noted the hypocrisy of Musk advocating for a journalist’s removal over accurate reporting on a public official’s misconduct.

  • gmtom@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    The sooner someone Luigi’s him the better, if only for the fact we would never have to hear the fucker speak again.

    • commander@lemmings.world
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      1 day ago

      The sooner someone Luigi’s him the better

      I dunno. His kids are just going to inherit his wealth and feel entitled to have our kids serve them.

      Think we need to take note of Luigi’s heritage if we’re truly going to go after these oligarchs; the Italian mob would also go after their families so there’s nobody left to seek revenge.

    • unalivejoy@lemm.ee
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      2 days ago

      At least then his money will do something good in the hands of his family. That’s assuming he didn’t remove his children from his will.