Summary
Jon Stewart has agreed to host Elon Musk on The Daily Show after Musk demanded an unedited interview but later called Stewart a “propagandist.”
Stewart fired back, pointing out Musk’s support for Donald Trump and Germany’s far-right AfD party, arguing that Musk’s version of “bipartisanship” is just partisan extremism.
He dismissed Musk’s criticism as hypocritical and reiterated his willingness to air the interview unedited because that’s “how the in-studio interviews normally air.”
If it somehow did happen, it would be so epic
Eh, I have no doubt that Jon will pull no punches, ask the real questions and come with the receipts for fact checking… but I have every doubt that Elon will provide anything worth our time. It will likely be little more than Jon editorializing. Elon is a coward and will try to dodge every question, accusation and critique and will, at best, talk nonsense rather than face the truth. Exposing his cowardice has some value, and it’s better than just giving him a platform to spew bullshit unchallenged but you can only get so much out of someone unwilling to be challenged and criticized.
I… Honestly don’t think Musk is smart/aware enough to actually do that. I think he’ll try to be a weasel, but I have confidence that Stewart could get something juicy out of him.
I hope so. But I’m not feeling lucky lately.