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OH COME ON: CNBC Buries Elon Musk Quote Voicing Support for Gun Rights
NewsBusters ^ | 5/27/2022 | Joseph Vazquez

Posted on 05/27/2022 7:55:25 AM PDT by JV3MRC

CNBC twisted exclusive comments it received from Tesla CEO Elon Musk to make it seem like he’s a gun control activist but buried his overall support for the Second Amendment.

Musk reportedly emailed a number of comments about guns to CNBC following the mass murder of children and teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. CNBC’s May 25 headline on its exclusive story read as follows: “Elon Musk backs ‘tight’ background checks for all gun sales in wake of mass shooting in Texas.”

However, readers wouldn’t know until the 10th paragraph that Musk actually voiced support for gun rights writ large. “'I strongly believe that the right to bear arms is an important safeguard against potential tyranny of government,'” CNBC quoted Musk as saying. “'Historically, maintaining their power over the people is why those in power did not allow public ownership of guns.'”

Reading CNBC’s headline and “key points” section would make one think Musk was a gun control fanatic.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; blogpimp; cnbc; elonmusk; guns; msnbc; musk; nbc; nobrainscollectively; nra; secondamendment; spacex; starlink; tesla; truthsocial; twitter; ukraine

1 posted on 05/27/2022 7:55:25 AM PDT by JV3MRC
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To: JV3MRC

CNBC is a joke, just like the rest of the MSM


2 posted on 05/27/2022 7:57:15 AM PDT by wny
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To: wny

They’re the gaslight media, not the MSM. They aren’t mainstream, and they also aren’t honest.


3 posted on 05/27/2022 8:00:02 AM PDT by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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To: coloradan
They’re the gaslight media, not the MSM. They aren’t mainstream, and they also aren’t honest.

They really aren't media, they are Leftist activists.

4 posted on 05/27/2022 8:02:05 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: JV3MRC

"Happy as the Commucrats and the MSM after a School Shooting!"


5 posted on 05/27/2022 8:07:47 AM PDT by Perseverando (Antifa, BLM, RINOs, Islamonazis, Marxists, Commucrats, DemoKKKrats: It's a Godlessness disorder!)
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To: JV3MRC

Chances of
Nothing
Being
Correct


6 posted on 05/27/2022 10:30:25 AM PDT by Vaduz ( )
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To: JV3MRC

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7 posted on 05/28/2022 7:00:26 AM PDT by redinIllinois (Pro-life, accoountant, gun-totin' Grandma - multi issue voter )
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