Musk was fact-checked by an L.A. firefighter in his own livestream after repeating a popular lie about “water shortages.”
The Los Angeles Times’ billionaire owner, Patrick Soon-Shiong, declared on X that “the Mayor cut LA Fire Department’s budget by $23M.” The right-wing social media account Libs of TikTok lambasted a political leadership team that “defunds the fire dept,” and Elon Musk boosted a post that lamented “LAFD underfunding.”
As flames engulf swaths of Los Angeles, Elon Musk is wielding X to stoke partisan outrage and conspiracy theories about the disaster.
Newsom mocked Musk for having his “lies” about water shortage “exposed” during his own live-streamed briefing with a member of the LA fire command team.
Even in the best of circumstances, a crisis like this would be a vector for bad information. The close Trump ally is only making it worse.
Musk joined President-elect Donald Trump in lashing out at state officials and pointing fingers over the devastating fires
Elon Musk is blaming the Los Angeles fires on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, an extremely racist, bigoted lie.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has accused tech billionaire Elon Musk of spreading “lies” about the state’s response to deadly wildfires ravaging Los Angeles, escalating their online row over swirling misinformation.
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The Tesla and SpaceX CEO delays deliveries of the electric pick-up and repurposes them as 'mobile base stations.' But his online rhetoric has drawn criticism from those on the ground.