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Jon Stewart has agreed to host Elon Musk on The Daily Show after Musk demanded an unedited interview but later called Stewart a “propagandist.”

Stewart fired back, pointing out Musk’s support for Donald Trump and Germany’s far-right AfD party, arguing that Musk’s version of “bipartisanship” is just partisan extremism.

He dismissed Musk’s criticism as hypocritical and reiterated his willingness to air the interview unedited because that’s “how the in-studio interviews normally air.”

  • @distantsounds
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    1321 day ago

    This will never happen because musk is a coward. Zuckerberg was gonna kick his ass and he shriveled away from that. He is pathetic and deep down even he knows it

  • @[email protected]
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    Something else to note is that Jon Stewart pointed out that all of their interviews are aired unedited. So it really wouldn’t be any different than how it would have been anyway.

    • Jesus
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      That’s kind of half true. Sometimes interviews go really long, so they end up putting the full interview on YouTube / Paramount.

      But I bet if they got Musk, Comedy Central would make it work and would air the full thing or would at least plug the YouTube channel.

      Jon might also bump the field piece segment if they need another 8 minutes. Sometimes they do that.

      • @[email protected]
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        2722 hours ago

        He said on last night show that he would make sure musk’s interview took as long as it needed.

        • Jesus
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          1421 hours ago

          Yeah, he’s the biggest thing on the network. They’ll figure it out for him.

    • themeatbridge
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      It’s been years since I watched the Daily Show, but I do remember seeing edits in the interviews if they went long, but they would show a link to their website where you could catch the whole unedited interview.

  • @[email protected]
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    Musk won’t do it because Jon Stewart is funny and likable, two things Elon is not and will never be.

  • WatDabney
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    And so now we just wait and see what excuse Musk will trot out next.

    Stewart is a smart, insightful, quick-witted and tenacious debater and Musk is a cowardly, thin-skinned blowhard who’s never had an original thought in his life.

    So it’s not a matter of if Musk will weasel out of it, but just of when and how.

    • Billiam
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      Also Stewart is something Elon is not: educated.

      Jon Stewart knows his shit; Elon Musk knows he’s shit.

      • @meco03211
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        1921 hours ago

        Musk knows he’s shit.

        No he doesn’t. Musk truly thinks deep down in his heart that he’s a good guy and brilliant. That he’s actually a fucking idiot, just means it’s nigh impossible to convince him of anything he didn’t think up himself.

        • Billiam
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          He may not be consciously aware of it but he does know it. That insecurity is what drives narcissistic sociopaths like himself and Trump.

      • billwashere
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        319 hours ago

        I’m so stealing this line…😂

    • @[email protected]
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      Stewart is a smart, insightful, quick-witted and tenacious debater

      Yes, well, but did you consider that Musk (probably) threw some money at Dave Chappelle in order to join him on stage during one of his Netflix specials? So he’s basically a professional comedian too.

  • @ATDA
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    2221 hours ago

    I don’t think they’ll want to edit out any of the absolute aas beating Stewart will dole out anyway… Which is why this will never happen

    • @TheCelticPirate
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      611 day ago

      It’ll never happen. The most that’ll happen is Stewart getting banned from social media for hurting billionaires’ feelings.

      • @pikmeir
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        301 day ago

        Elon will back out like he did for the fight.

  • @[email protected]
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    317 hours ago

    But we can start a twitter campaign to convince him that he is all those things, shouldn’t be hard

    • @Lon3star
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      If it happens, does it happen with a complete blow-up/violence? Hope they have extra security in the room

    • @kryptonianCodeMonkey
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      Eh, I have no doubt that Jon will pull no punches, ask the real questions and come with the receipts for fact checking… but I have every doubt that Elon will provide anything worth our time. It will likely be little more than Jon editorializing. Elon is a coward and will try to dodge every question, accusation and critique and will, at best, talk nonsense rather than face the truth. Exposing his cowardice has some value, and it’s better than just giving him a platform to spew bullshit unchallenged but you can only get so much out of someone unwilling to be challenged and criticized.

      • @[email protected]
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        1322 hours ago

        I… Honestly don’t think Musk is smart/aware enough to actually do that. I think he’ll try to be a weasel, but I have confidence that Stewart could get something juicy out of him.

  • @[email protected]
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    421 hours ago

    Elon wants ‘unbiased’ but backs extremists—Stewart’s mirror must’ve hit him too hard.

    🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱

  • Majorllama
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    I’ll believe it when I see it. I have about as much faith in this happening as I did the Musk v Zuck fight.

    All bark no bite.

  • @xploit
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    They should make him wear a big ass wall clock around his neck and claim it’s there to prove that the release is unedited.