Elon Musk Schools CNBC, Gives Lesson on Media Psyops in a Remarkable Exchange

Elon Musk Schools CNBC, Gives Lesson on Media Psyops in a Remarkable Exchange

It [Allen, Texas mall shooting] was, I think, incorrectly ascribed to be a white supremacist action,” expressed Elon Musk.

“And the evidence for that [white supremacy] was some obscure Russian website that no one’s ever heard of that had no followers. And the company that found this is Bellingcat. And you know what Bellingcat does?” Elon asked. “Psyops,” he answered.

“And there’s no proof, by the way, that he was not [a white supremacist,” retorted CNBC.

“I would say that there’s no proof that he is,” replied Musk.

“And that’s a debate you want to get into on Twitter,” asked CNBC.

“Yes,” responded Elon, “because we should not be ascribing things to white supremacy if it’s false.”