Former MSNBC host called for Elon Musk’s X, the social network formally known as Twitter, to be shut down by the U.S. government in an unhinged rant.
Musk’s outlet has been under siege by left-wing censorship campaigns since he purchased Twitter last fall. Musk — who has long stated that he bought the platform to preserve free speech — has unbanned thousands of users who were previously barred under the company’s unevenly enforced terms of service.
Organizations such as the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) have pressured advertisers to leave X due to the promotion of “hate,” a campaign that has cost the company millions of dollars in ad revenue.
On Thursday, the ADL stepped up its censorship campaign after Musk called them out in an X post. Musk agreed with a user who stated that “Jewish communities” have endorsed mass immigration and anti-white movements, later clarifying that he was referring to groups like the ADL. Despite the clarification, censorship organizations and even the Biden Administration have accused him of promoting “hate” and “antisemitism.”
Former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann also weighed in on the matter with an unhinged rant in which he called for the platform for be formally shut down. “It