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Elon Musk threatens to jail '60 Minutes' journalists in latest attempt to up the authoritarian ante

Elon Musk criticized CBS and its program '60 Minutes,' calling them 'the biggest liars in the world' and claiming they deserve long prison sentences for election interference.
Donald Trump has filed a $10 billion lawsuit against CBS, accusing them of misleading voters with edited content in an interview with Kamala Harris.
CBS News released the full transcript and video of the Harris interview, showing they acted appropriately and denying Trump's claims of misconduct.
Common Cause and the Southern Poverty Law Center Action Fund had to cancel a $115,000 advertisement calling for Musk's dismissal from DOGE after The Washington Post withdrew the ad.

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Tampa Bay Times

More media threats as Elon Musk shares a chilling post about ‘60 Minutes’

The same man who preaches about the First Amendment and free speech wrote that ‘60 Minutes’ deserves ‘a long prison sentence’

4 days ago·Tampa, United States

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Democracy Now!

Elon Musk Calls for Jailing Staff at “60 Minutes”

In the Trump administration’s latest attack on the press, Elon Musk has called for the jailing of staff at “60 Minutes” after the CBS program aired a segment criticizing his push to freeze USAID funding. A “60 Minutes” report on Sunday included this line: “The world’s richest man cut off aid for the world’s poorest people.” Musk responded on his social media platform by writing, “60 Minutes are the biggest liars in the world! They deserve a long…

4 days ago·New York, United States

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Techdirt

Musk Decries Hitler’s Censorship, Right Before Threatening To Jail Critics

I’m going to go out on a limb here and make a fairly wild suggestion: if you spend years calling yourself a “free speech absolutist” while decrying “government censorship,” maybe one of your first moves after taking over the government shouldn’t be demanding prison sentences for journalists who report things you don’t like. But that’s just me. At this point, the gap between Elon Musk’s free speech rhetoric and his actual behavior has become almo…

4 days ago

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We Got This Covered

Elon Musk threatens to jail '60 Minutes' journalists in latest attempt to up the authoritarian ante

It’s been nearly a month since Elon Musk and Donald Trump took office, and the United States of America has already changed immensely. Our government is getting a major overhaul, but few people are satisfied with the decisions being made at the top. The current direction of the U.S. government is distinctly self-serving, and it’s not the American populace that’s being served. That honor instead goes to Musk, whose several hundred billion dollars…

5 days ago

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