He wants to make the company private – very private.
Space and electric car tycoon Elon Musk Shared a cheesy meme on his X platform mocking his tapping Deep pockets to buy MSNBC Following the bombshell news that Comcast plans to shut down the lefty cable network.
Musk, 53, wrote, “And don’t lead us into temptation…” x post With a meme depicting a priest struggling to remain chaste next to a woman exposing herself.
In the racy meme, the priest is covered with the text “Not trying to buy Elon Musk”, while the MSNBC logo was placed on the woman’s lower back.
Almost exactly two years ago, Musk unveiled same memeWith different text, to poke fun at President-elect Donald Trump’s temptation to return to Twitter (which has since been changed to an X).
In recent days, the billionaire and serial meme poster has joked about buying the cable news platform and turning it around.
parent company of msnbc Comcast – NBC’s parent company – eyeing plans to separate Almost all its cable channels are in a company called Spinco. Other channels in the group include CNBC, Oxygen, E!, Syfy and Golf Channel.
Critics of the cable news network have seized on the development to raise questions about MSNBC’s future in light of the dramatic change, and the channel’s internal workers are beset with concern.
“Everyone is in a panic because everything is up in the air,” an MSNBC source previously told The Post.
MSNBC is home to liberal darlings like Rachel Maddow, Joy Reid and Lawrence O’Donnell.
Amid the turmoil, soon-to-be first son Donald Trump Jr. joked that Musk should buy MSNBC.
“Hey @elonmusk, I have the funniest idea ever!!!” The Trump descendant wrote on Twitter in response to another post that MSNBC would be up for sale.
“The most amusing results, especially if ironic, are the most likely,” Musk replied on X,
Podcast titan Joe Rogan chimed in, writing, “If you buy MSNBC I want Rachel Maddow’s job. I will wear the same dress and glasses and tell the same lies.”
Musk replied, “Deal.”
So far, Musk is only joking about buying a liberal news network. Musk has an estimated net worth of $348 billion and is the richest person in the world. according to bloomberg,
However, it may not be all fun and games. The tech mogul had also teased buying Twitter (now X) for years before actually pulling the trigger.
“How much is it?” He asked on stage in 2017,
Ultimately, Musk bought the platform in 2022 in a deal worth $44 billion, which was completed in October of that year.
Musk has grown increasingly political in recent years and has spent considerable time at Mar-a-Lago meeting with Trump, 78, and aides to the incoming president in view of the November 5 presidential election.
The Post has contacted an MSNBC representative for comment.
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