{"id":2111689,"date":"2023-11-29T21:25:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T02:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-tells-disney-ceo-to-go-f-himself-after-claiming-advertisers-want-to-blackmail-him\/"},"modified":"2023-11-29T21:38:27","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T02:38:27","slug":"musk-tells-disney-ceo-to-go-f-himself-after-claiming-advertisers-want-to-blackmail-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-tells-disney-ceo-to-go-f-himself-after-claiming-advertisers-want-to-blackmail-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk slams Disney CEO, tells him to &#8216;F*** off&#8217; over blackmail claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmusk-tells-disney-ceo-to-go-f-himself-after-claiming-advertisers-want-to-blackmail-him%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2111689&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo \u2062by Slaven\u2062 Vlasic\/Getty Images for The New York Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Abril Elfi<\/a> <br \/>6:15 PM \u2013 Wednesday, November 29,\u200d 2023<\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk had a fiery exchange with Disney CEO Bob Iger, telling him to &#8220;go f***&#8221; himself. Musk accused major advertisers of &#8220;blackmailing&#8221; him and warned that \u200ctheir\u200b actions could lead to the demise of his company.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>During an interview at The \u200cNew York DealBook Summit, Musk expressed his\u2064 concerns \u2064about advertiser manipulation tactics and their potential impact on his company&#8217;s survival.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWhat this advertising boycott is going\u200b to do is, it is going to\u2064 kill the \u2064company,\u201d Musk said. \u201cAnd the whole world will know that those advertisers killed the company.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a heated\u200d moment, Musk directed his frustration towards \u2063Iger, specifically mentioning the \u200cpossibility of Disney pulling their advertisements from X, the platform he \u200dnow owns.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t advertise. If someone is going to try and blackmail me with advertising? Blackmail me with money? Go f\u2014 yourself,\u201d Musk \u2064said. \u201cGo f\u2014 yourself, is that clear? Hey Bob, if you\u2019re in the audience. That\u2019s how\u2064 I feel, don\u2019t advertise.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Elon Musk was asked about Disney\u2019s CEO Bob Iger\u2062 pulling ads from\u200d X: <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If someone is going to try to blackmail me with advertising, blackmail me with money, go fuck yourself. \u200cGo fuck yourself.\u2062 Is\u2062 that clear? I hope it is.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0IjG0NqiJh\">pic.twitter.com\/0IjG0NqiJh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zagonel (@Zagonel85) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Zagonel85\/status\/1730009373060005989?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Later in the\u200b interview, Musk \u200capologized for \u201csupporting a conspiracy theory\u201d in response to \u200ba post on X \u200cthat sparked a departure of \u2062major advertisers.<\/p>\n<p>Disney and other large brands discontinued their \u200cadvertising plans with the platform due to \u200ca report by the far-left organization <em>Media Matters<\/em> which claimed that their ads\u200c had been \u2062appearing alongside \u201cpro-Nazi content.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/musk-files-thermonuclear-lawsuit-against-media-matters-amid-anti-semitism-allegations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Musk responded by filing a \u201cthermonuclear lawsuit\u201d<\/a>, saying that the <em>Media Matters<\/em> research \u201ccompletely misrepresented the real user experience\u201d on the site in \u200corder to \u201cmislead advertisers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The company also\u2063 claimed \u2064that the group\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-files-thermonuclear-lawsuit-against-media-matters-amid-anti-semitism-allegations\/\" title=\"Musk sues Media Matters over anti-Semitism claims.\">reporters \u201crepeatedly refreshed<\/a> their\u2063 feeds to find rare \u2062instances of\u200b ads\u201d close to the article. <\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! 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Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Jack Smith requests\u200d a list\u2063 of Trump Supporters on Twitter, \u2063Irish Lives Matter is deemed Hate Speech and the Israel-Hamas \u200dWar enter the last day of\u2062 its truce.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>House Workforce Committee\u2063 member and Missouri \u200dCongressman Eric Burlison says that the Biden Administration is waging \u201can all out assault\u201d\u200b on business owners by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indian-man-charged-for-attempted-murder-for-hire-on-sikh-activist\/\" title=\"Indian man charged with attempted murder-for-hire on Sikh activist\">promoting pro-union positions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Special Counsel Jack Smith\u2019s Twitter warrant revealed that he\u2064 was seeking information on any user on the platform that liked or retweeted\u2063 President Donald Trump leading \u200cup to the January 6th protest. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Concerns are rising over a New\u2062 York weather alert which could possibly worsen the city\u2019s homeless and\u2064 migrant crisis.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>4:05 PM UTC \u2013\u200b November\u2062 29, 2023 LONDON (Reuters) \u2013 Google DeepMind has used artificial intelligence (AI) to predict the structure of\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>November 29, 2023 \u2013 10:58 AM UTC BERLIN (Reuters) \u2013\u2064 Germany\u2019s Bitcoin Group (ADE.DE) said on Wednesday \u200cit was taking measures to\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Electric vehicles continue to grapple with \u2062poor reliability due\u200d to charging and battery issues even as\u200c consumers are buying them at a breakneck pace.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Amazon is trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/all-5-living-first-ladies-attend-funeral-service-for-rosalynn-carter\/\" title=\"All 5 First Ladies Attend Rosalynn Carter's Funeral\">lure big corporate customers<\/a> to \u2062it AWS cloud computing service with \u200ba new chatbot for businesses.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What potential \u2063impact could the clash between Elon Musk and advertisers have on the future of media and advertising<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite the controversy,\u2064 Musk emphasized that he intends \u200dto continue his pursuit \u2064of \u200downing an \u200bindependent\u200b media platform, highlighting the importance\u200d of freedom of speech and alternative voices\u2062 in the media landscape.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe whole point \u2063of X is freedom of speech,\u201d Musk explained during the interview. \u201cIt\u2019s about creating \u2062a platform\u2064 where anyone can\u200d express their opinions and ideas, no \u200bmatter how \u200dcontroversial they may be. \u2062I believe in the power of open dialogue and the \u2063ability to challenge mainstream narratives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk&#8217;s \u2064comments come at a time\u200b when \u2064concerns over \u2063the influence of advertisers on\u200b media organizations are becoming more prominent. Many critics argue that ad revenues can compromise journalistic integrity and hinder the pursuit of truth. Musk&#8217;s clash with Disney CEO \u2063Bob Iger sheds light on the \u200dtensions between advertisers and media platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, this incident also highlights the growing power of social media platforms and their impact on the advertising industry. Musk&#8217;s ownership of X gives him the\u200b ability to challenge traditional advertising models and disrupt the status quo. \u2063This clash serves as a reminder that tech moguls like\u2062 Musk have the potential to reshape the media landscape.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the controversy surrounding the advertising boycott also raises questions about the responsibility of media platforms and \u2064their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/big-tech-to-ban-parler-over-lack-of-content-moderation\/\" title=\"Big tech to ban Parler over lack of content moderation\">content moderation policies<\/a>. While\u2064 freedom of speech is an\u200d important value, it should not be used as an excuse to allow harmful or extremist content to proliferate. Striking a balance between freedom of expression and responsible content management is a challenge that many online platforms face.<\/p>\n<p>As \u200cthe battle between Musk and advertisers unfolds, it remains to\u2064 be seen how it will impact the future of\u200c media and advertising. Will more advertisers follow Disney&#8217;s lead and \u2063pull their support from platforms like X? Or will Musk&#8217;s \u2063commitment to freedom of speech prevail\u2063 and attract a new wave of advertisers who share \u2064his\u2063 vision?<\/p>\n<p>One thing is clear: this clash has sparked a larger conversation about the role of advertisers in \u2062the media\u200c ecosystem and the power dynamics between media platforms and advertisers. It serves as a reminder that \u200bthe \u2064media landscape is constantly evolving, and the influence of\u2062 tech billionaires like Musk cannot be underestimated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk, at The New York DealBook Summit, lashed out at Disney CEO Bob Iger, telling him to &#8220;go f***&#8221; himself. Musk accused major advertisers of blackmailing him, representing prominent companies. 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