Podcast host Saagar Enjeti noted on Twitter that The Times itself reported that Musk:
“1. Had non-white friends growing up in apartheid SA
2. His own father was an ANTI-APARTHEID politician
3. He literally left so he didn't have to serve in apartheid military”
And yet, “They still insinuate he is a racist.”
“The whole piece is dog-— but ‘unchecked speech’ is precisely what apartheid South Africa did NOT have. And to the extent this article establishes anything it is that the young Musk was, by South African standards, a progressive,” UK journalist Alex Massie tweeted.
“It's official, apartheid South Africa suffered from too much free speech,” Wall Street Journal Editor Elliot Kaufman noted.
“Utterly depraved character assassination in the NYT today simply because a billionaire wants to strengthen a fundamental American right outlets like the Times have desperately been trying to hem up for the last five years ...” Daily Caller Editor-in-Chief Geoffrey Ingersoll wrote. “
What Musk needs to do is sue for defamation and being that he basically has unlimited funds1, he should sue relentlessly until they are on their knees
admitting they made it up and begging for forgiveness otherwise they will never stop.