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... Musk owns X, formerly known as Twitter, and frequently proclaims himself a "free speech absolutist." In a post on X, the San Francisco-based company said only that after careful consideration, it "decided not to enter into a commercial partnership with the show." It added that Lemon's show "is welcome to publish its content on X, without censorship, as we believe in providing a platform for creators to scale their work and connect with new communities."

In a video posted to X, Lemon declared that " Elon Musk is mad at me and said he will be airing his interview with the Tesla CEO on YouTube and via podcast on Monday. ...

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... "But apparently free speech absolutism doesn't apply when it comes to questions about him from people like me," he added.

In a later CNN discussion with Lemon on Monday, anchor Erin Burnett played clips of his Musk interview in which the Tesla and SpaceX CEO grew testy when asked about content moderation and the spread of hate speech on the X platform.

In the clip, Lemon asked Musk if he believed that he and his social platform held any responsibility to moderate hate speech on X. He singled out the spread of the " great replacement theory," a racist belief that, in its most extreme form, falsely contends that Jews are behind a plot to diminish the influence of white people in the U.S.

Musk replied sharply that he doesn't have to answer questions from reporters. "The only reason I'm in this interview is because you're on the X platform and you asked for it," he said. "Otherwise I would not be doing this interview." When Lemon followed up with a question about the criticism Musk has faced over the issue of hate speech, the CEO replied, "I'm criticized constantly. I could care less." ...

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Wow.

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Thanks for calling that out.

Yeah, it is from March 2024.

But I posted it because it seems to run so counter to Mr Musk's ~free speech policy~ on X.