Jon Stewart took Tesla/X CEO Elon Musk to the woodshed during an online debate over which of the two men is a more skilled “propagandist,” with Stewart finally shutting Musk down by referencing his personal life, which is a shambles.
The back and forth between Stewart and Musk kicked off with a segment on “The Daily Show” which looked at the impact of Musk’s social media platform on democracy.
“Musk has pushed this idea that undocumented, non-citizen voting is rampant, it is sowing the seeds of our destruction, and we cannot do it,” Stewart told viewers.
“The irony of it all is [because of] this guy’s platform, this guy’s algorithm, which he is in charge of… he is a far more relevant actor in the warping of our democracy, through his money and his algorithm, than any measure of undocumented, non-citizen voting will ever be,” he added.
Stewart then predicted what Musk’s reaction would be to his criticism.
“What his argument—and I think his people’s argument—would be, is: Now that we’re getting uncensored material, now that the First Amendment has primacy, people move to the right because they learn the truth.”
“The truth is that algorithm incentivizes the misinformation from the right, and he designs it.”
That led Musk to reply,  “Jon Stewart is an extremely skilled propagandist disguised as a truth-teller.”
Stewart countered: “Judging from his most recent revelations of his baby mamas, I think everyone has been left on read at some point by that gentleman.”
Musk, it should be noted, has fathered 14 children with four women.
Meanwhile, Musk’s social media platform continues to spew bigotry, hatred, and disinformation. He’s become the Joseph Goebbels of the 21st century, eager to bolster his personal Hitler — Donald Trump — to guarantee he continues to get lucrative government contracts that allow him to pad his personal fortune, part of which he will use to promote and prop up right-wing extremists who are only interested in destroying the world with their avarice.
