© Reuters. On January 27, 2023, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his security personnel depart the company’s local office in Washington, USA. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Sheila Dunn
Reuters – Billionaire Elon Musk on Sunday accused the media of being racist against whites and Asians.
Newspapers such as the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, and USA Today have canceled production of the animated “Dilbert.” The cartoon’s creator, Scott Adams, said black people are a hateful group and posted a racist comment on his YouTube channel, which went out Wednesday. rice field.
In reply to a tweet about the controversy, the CEOs of Tesla (NASDAQ:) and Twitter said that the media, long racist against non-whites, is now “against whites and Asians. “I’m a racist,” he said.
“Maybe they can try not to be racist,” Musk tweeted.
Responding to reports that white victims of police violence received less media coverage than black victims, Musk said the coverage was “greatly disproportionate in promoting false narratives. ” said.
Musk did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Musk’s views on social issues have been increasingly put under the microscope since he took over Twitter in October.
He has clashed with civil rights groups over Twitter’s level of protection against hateful content and the reinstatement of several previously suspended accounts. Twitter is rolling out some new controls over ad placement.
Musk’s latest tweet comes after Dilbert’s creator suggested white Americans “stay away from black people.” Cartoonist Adams said in a poll by the conservative Rasmussen Report that 26% of his black respondents disagreed with the statement “it doesn’t matter if you’re white.”
Ohio’s Plain Dealer newspaper told readers on Friday that the move to remove the cartoon “wasn’t a difficult decision.”