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Elon Musk demands firing of ‘disgusting and cruel’ WSJ reporter who uncovered DOGE employee’s racist tweets

www.mediaite.com Elon Musk Demands Firing of ‘Disgusting and Cruel’ WSJ Reporter Who Uncovered DOGE Employee’s Racist Tweets

Elon Musk suggested that The Wall Street Journal reporter responsible for uncovering a DOGE employee's racist tweets should be fired on Friday.

Summary

Elon Musk called for the firing of Wall Street Journal reporter Katherine Long after she exposed racist tweets from Marko Elez, a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employee who later resigned.

Long’s report revealed Elez had posted remarks promoting racism and eugenics.

“Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool,” Elez posted in July, according to the Journal’s review of archived posts.

Musk, who claims to support free speech, labeled Long “disgusting and cruel” and demanded that she should be fired.

Critics noted the hypocrisy of Musk advocating for a journalist’s removal over accurate reporting on a public official’s misconduct.

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how are some people still hypnotized to believe this man is a genius? GOD i will forever resent the media for glazing this man for 15 yrs and convincing the public that he's anything more than a trust fund baby who could by companies and play pretend.
The sooner someone Luigi's him the better, if only for the fact we would never have to hear the fucker speak again.
Musk is officially part of the government now, so this literally is an attack on free speech

Not that any conservative cares.
Get fucked Elon, you absolute piece of shit
Looks like he's trying to grow an Adolf moustache.
No can do, stinky Musky boy. First amendment explicitly protects criticism of government agencies and employees. Which is exactly what you're claiming DOGE is.
Anybody can "demand" something. I am demanding the firing of the disgusting and cruel dumbass who runs the Department of Government Enshitification.
Sounds like Katherine Long should sue the DOGE for infringing on her first amendment rights.
Oh my, this is how you destroy and erode democracy ever faster. Dismantle the media and stop any criticism of the leaders, and reporting of true events.

I saw this in a country once who’s name is North Korea.
He's learned to whine just like Trump. What a skidmark.
I thought the GOP didn't like it when people get cancelled?
He is really, REALLY becoming fucking absolutely unhinged VERY fast. He is trying to suppress any form of overlook VERY fast and very aggressively. He hasn't acted like this before. While it is expected, he needs to be told that he can go to hell.

What I fear is that he won't be asking for people to be fired, he will be soon asking for arrests and I am very, VERY confident he will brazenly calling for hits on people very openly.
Nazis gonna Nazi
The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
Yes, she's the disgusting one, not the guy who was "racist before it was cool."

And people still defend this Nazi.
What a punchable face.
Free speech for Musk means Musk gets to decide what people are allowed to say.
So uncovering the disgusting cruelty of others is in itself Disgusting and Cruel? That's just what a tyrant would say.

He really has gone from a wannabe Tony Stark to a wannabe Homelander hasn't he?
Can we fire Musk... into the sun?
Dude thinks that "truth hurts" gives him the right to get rid of someone for hurting him with truth.
Press freedom is a threat to ~~society~~ Elon and must be stopped! Heil Elon!

What a fucking moron. Why is no one stopping him.
Oh the little snowflake is feeling hurt...
The free speech absolutist at work
What a fucking snowflake.
Hopefully the outcome of the French investigation will be an international arrest warrant.
Elon Musk, the Nazi?
Only if we are allowed to fire everybody who is disgusting and cruel.
Leon hitler would like the USA to turn into Russia, China and the former Apartheid South Africa. Fuck him and the MAGAts.
My grandfather, a WWII veteran, would be rolling in his grave if he saw the rise of Naziism in this country.

And he was the type of person who would openly call for ass-whuppin' if he saw one in person.
Mald harder, Elon. We will not be ruled by your little band of incels.
zero chance that dude resigned because of those tweets..

He realized how far over his head he was, and rather than admitting that to his overlord musk, he takes this lucky break, whines about harassment, and resigned.
Yes, cry ketamine tears about your boy harem
My Chrystal ball says that Elon keeps realizing agenda 2025 until the resistance within their own ranks becomes unbearable. While Elon makes news Trump makes legislation to fuck over whoever he can. Only then, goat Elon gets scaped by savior Donald to appease Maga and everything is in shambles.
It's soon illegal to not be racistin america.
Don’t worry, JD Vance told Musk to rehire him then goose-stepped away.
For who people would like to see as an all powerful, intelligent and genius billionaire ... he sure has a thin skin

For anyone that didn't notice ... this is the power of journalists and why we should defend them, help them and support them.
Any sane country that wants to remain that way should be banning Twitter immediately.
It feels like insanity to me that they're watching what he's doing to America right now and not immediately reacting by banning the tools he used to do it here.
Space Karen.
Booohooo! Those big meanies hurt the widdle feefees of Muskyboi by pointing out things that are real! So disgusting!
Goodness Gravy, you mean an investigative journalist did the fucking job they were hired to do? I know its surprising to Elon, because he's never actually done any work and doens't understand the concept, but holy shit he's earning that upcoming lead implant
Free speech for me but not for thee
Elon: But look at the disgusting stuff she uncovered!! It's as if she said those things herself by publishing that!
Fuck that small dick muskRat forever. My taint awaits his tongue.
Turns out, racists don't like being outed.

Elon should know.
I always find the conservative "How dare you tell people what I said" outrage amusing.
Real free speech absolutism there.
So we can add Irony to the things he doesn't understand
Do I quote the "free speech" or the "absolutist" when talking about this "man"?
Is there a Lemmy fednews? I've been lurking on reddit solely for this news, but noticed a distinct change in tone in the past few days, and I think they may be drowning in muskrats before too long.
He may have a fault or two but his work in USAID has been uncovering some serious corruption. If you refuse to acknowledge that then i don't know what to tell you.
Is this the same guy who’s been rehired already?
Trump doesn't mind Elon being the president in the press, because they convinced him this time around that he's the fully insulated mob boss. Layers of others around him getting their hands dirty, so he claims "oh, I didn't know that. That's bad, you should probably arrest whoever did that crime".

That is if our systems survive them flooding the zone with bullshit and making weak attempts to dismantle them.
MAGA has a fucking hardon for cruelty unless it's directed at white men.
Well of course, uncovering the crime is worse than committing it in this administration
This pasty lil blood diamond baby needs a decade of Guantanamo treatment
Funny, I thought HE was disgusting and cruel, but the rest of us can’t bully people using money and illegal threats.
People fixate on all the racist shit that actually qualified him for the position.

Dude got cancelled because he insulted Israel.

Please defend this guy and find out Mr Musk, the cult doesn't need to extract your wealth peacefully.
God damn, every time I think this douche can't get any worse... There's no bottom (well, to be fair Trump is his bottom}
He may be an actual villain.
Musk has ruined the reputation of the Shiba Inu. Thanks, you jackass.
Ah, yes. The champion of freedom of speech strikes again.

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