Tech billionaire Elon Musk ripped into a media figure who was trying to characterize him as supporting “far right” political and media figures.
Musk was being challenged by Economist editor in chief Zanny Minton Beddoes when he took over the interview to lob accusations of unfair bias at members of the mainstream media.
‘I would just like to admonish you and the media for the absurd characterization of the far right. It is false and misleading and nonsense!’
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“You support not just the populist right but the far right, in fact very fringe parties in some countries,” Beddoes said.
“No, I support the normal people. What you call the far right, falsely,” Musk replied.
“You think is the normal person?” she asked.
“Yes!” he responded.
“Literally you could go back 10
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