CNN told Elon Musk that if he wants to control the spread of fake news on Twitter, he can start by cleaning up his own act.
On Monday, the billionaire businessman posted an image of CNN anchor Don Lemon alongside a caption reading “Elon Musk could threaten free speech on Twitter by allowing people to speak freely.”
The image appears to suggest that quote came from either Lemon or CNN, but the cable news channel said that was not the case.
“This headline never appeared on CNN,” CNN tweeted at Musk. “Be better.”
Elon Musk on X (formerly Twitter): “pic.twitter.com/KZ7jeME3AX / X”
pic.twitter.com/KZ7jeME3AX
Musk — who declared on Nov. 10 that “any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying ‘parody’ will be permanently suspended” earlier in the month — laughed off the criticism.
“Lmaoooo,” he tweeted.
That’s internet slang for “laughing my a– off.”
