Breaking: Elon Musk Calls For Cancelling New York Times Over ‘Genocide Support’
Tesla CEO and billionaire Elon Musk called for boycotting The New York Times over an article he alleges to be supporting genocide of white people in South Africa. Controversy erupted over the “Kill the Boer!” chant raised by Julius Malema, a South African leader during a recent rally in Johannesburg. In response, Musk had on July 31, 2023, asked South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa on the open calls for “Genocide of white people in South Africa.”
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The “Kill the Boer!” chant was referred to white farmers. The latest New York Times report quoted a professor of saying that the chant does not literally mean to promote violence against individual farmers. It added that Malema called Musk an illiterate when asked about the tweet from Musk on open genocide calls. “Why must I educate Elon Musk? He looks like an illiterate. The only thing that protects him is his white skin,” Malema reportedly said.
Elon Musk Calls For Boycotting The New York Times
In response to the news article from the publication, Musk called for cancelling the publication, accusing it of supporting the calls for genocide.
“The New York Times actually has the nerve to support calls for genocide! If ever there was a time to cancel that publication, it is now.”
Also, the billionaire criticized the New York Times’ coverage of the FTX cofounder Sam Bankman-Fried. He alleged that the publication had a lot of sympathy for the cofounder but not for the victims of FTX collapse. This confrontation could have huge political ramifications both in the United States and South Africa, considering Musk’s popularity and global reach. Earlier, CoinGape reported that the Tesla CEO is actually the most favorable political figures in the US, beating the likes of US President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.
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