Elon Musk Mocks NBC As "Lovely People'

MSNBC's Hasan, Elon Musk

Elon Musk lashed out at NBC, detailing the network’s slew of embarrassing scandals, after one of its hosts alleged that the billionaire’s purchase of Twitter will give “the far right” control over the social media giant, reports The NY Post.

Musk’s late Monday tweets — in which he blasted the Peacock network over its dismissal of The Post’s reporting on Hunter Biden’s laptop, as well as its fumbling of the Harvey Weinstein story and the Matt Lauer sexual misconduct scandal — came in response to a Sunday monologue by MSNBC’s Mehdi Hasan, who hosts “The Mehdi Hasan Show” airing on Peacock and MSNBC.

In the segment, Hasan warned that Musk’s $44 billion Twitter takeover is happening in an “unspeakably dangerous moment,” as what he called the “pro-QAnon, pro-Neo Nazi faction” of the Republican Party was poised to gain support during the 2022 midterm elections.

“If that happens, we may look back on this week as a pivotal moment, when a petulant and not-so-bright billionaire casually bought one of the most influential messaging machines and just handed it to the far right,” Hasan quipped.

NBC News did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Musk’s tweets.

Musk referenced the New York Post’s exclusive report on Hunter Biden’s personal laptop ahead of the 2020 presidential election. Last month, the billionaire tweeted that Twitter’s decision to ban The Post’s article on Biden’s overseas business dealings was “obviously incredibly inappropriate.”

Musk was also referring to journalist Ronan Farrow’s assertion that NBC News declined to publish his reporting on Weinstein, the Hollywood producer who has faced allegations of sexual abuse from dozens of women and was later convicted of sex crimes. Farrow eventually won the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting.

The billionaire also jabbed NBC over its relationship with disgraced former “Today” show anchor Lauer, who was fired in 2017 following allegations of sexual misconduct.