{"id":442384,"date":"2022-05-05T18:40:31","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T15:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ny-times-hit-piece-on-elon-musks-past-gets-blowback\/"},"modified":"2022-05-05T18:40:31","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T15:40:31","slug":"ny-times-hit-piece-on-elon-musks-past-gets-blowback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ny-times-hit-piece-on-elon-musks-past-gets-blowback\/","title":{"rendered":"#NY Times&#8217; &#8216;hit piece&#8217; on Elon Musk&#8217;s past gets blowback"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4132c10a599\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg 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class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ny-times-hit-piece-on-elon-musks-past-gets-blowback\/#%E2%80%9CNY_Times_%E2%80%98hit_piece_on_Elon_Musks_past_gets_blowback%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;NY Times&#8217; &#8216;hit piece&#8217; on Elon Musk&#8217;s past gets blowback&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CNY_Times_%E2%80%98hit_piece_on_Elon_Musks_past_gets_blowback%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;NY Times&#8217; &#8216;hit piece&#8217; on Elon Musk&#8217;s past gets blowback&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The New York Times was blasted on Thursday for running a \u201chit piece\u201d suggesting that Elon Musk\u2019s childhood in apartheid South Africa made him indifferent to racism and that it could impact his content moderation policies once he takes control of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Musk, who has vowed to allow more expression on the social media platform once his takeover is complete later this year, was a child when South Africa was \u201crife with misinformation and white privilege,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/05\/05\/world\/africa\/elon-musk-south-africa.html?smid=tw-nytimes&amp;smtyp=cur\">according to the Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Times correspondents John Eligon and Lynsey Chutel reported that Musk benefited from an \u201cupbringing in elite, segregated white communities\u201d in suburban Johannesburg, \u201cwhere black people were rarely seen other than in service of white families living in palatial homes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Times story surmised that Musk\u2019s being \u201cinsulated from the harsh reality\u201d of the system of apartheid may dull his sensitivity to racist hate speech that could be allowed to flourish on Twitter should he take over and institute his desired changes.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"753\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Elon_Musk_NYT4.jpg?w=753\" alt=\"Elon Musk as a child\" class=\"wp-image-22150747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Elon_Musk_NYT4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1506 1506w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Elon_Musk_NYT4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1129 1129w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Elon_Musk_NYT4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=753 753w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Elon_Musk_NYT4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=376 376w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Elon_Musk_NYT4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 753px) 100vw, 753px\"\/><figcaption>The Times article quotes experts as saying that Musk\u2019s upbringing in South Africa may have affected his views on racism and could offer a glimpse into how he will run Twitter.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Musk \u201ccame up in a time and place in which there was hardly a free exchange of ideas, and he would not have had to suffer the violent consequences of misinformation,\u201d a Johannesburg-based legal analyst, Eusebius McKaiser, told the Times.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter users blasted the Times story as a \u201chit piece\u201d and said that the billionaire\u2019s childhood during apartheid \u2014 when the South African government imposed a system of race-based segregation and discrimination \u2014 shouldn\u2019t reflect poorly on him.<\/p>\n<p>The Times story notes that Musk was \u201cbullied\u201d in school when he \u201cchided\u201d a white student for using an anti-black slur.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1004\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Elon_Musk_NYT.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Elon Musk as a child\" class=\"wp-image-22150760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Elon_Musk_NYT.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Elon_Musk_NYT.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Elon_Musk_NYT.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Critics blasted the Times for \u201cinsinuating\u201d that Musk was racist because he grew up white during apartheid.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Independent journalist Saagar Enjeti hit out at the Times for \u201cinsinuat[ing] [Musk] is racist\u201d even though the story notes that the Tesla boss \u201chad non-white friends growing up in apartheid South Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Enjeti also cites Times reporting that Musk\u2019s father was an \u201canti-apartheid politician\u201d and that Musk \u201cliterally left [South Africa] so he didn\u2019t have to serve in apartheid military.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Glenn Greenwald, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, was scathing in his criticism of the Times, accusing the Grey Lady of casting aspersions on Musk because of his commitment to free speech.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In this article NYT itself reports <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@elonmusk<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>1. Had non-white friends growing up in apartheid SA <br \/>2. His own father was an ANTI-APARTHEID politician<br \/>3. He literally left so he didn&#8217;t have to serve in apartheid military<\/p>\n<p>They still insinuate he is a racist <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Oc6IANX4wv\">https:\/\/t.co\/Oc6IANX4wv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Saagar Enjeti (@esaagar) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/esaagar\/status\/1522212890572312576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is the kind of punishment the corporate media doles out to anyone whom they perceive as their enemy and, especially, who opposes the censorship regime on which they rely.<\/p>\n<p>Reporting on Musk is obviously valid: necessary. This isn&#8217;t reporting. It&#8217;s deceit and punishment: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v7gUk3Cmeh\">https:\/\/t.co\/v7gUk3Cmeh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ggreenwald\/status\/1522214085835714562?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis is the kind of punishment the corporate media doles out to anyone whom they perceive as their enemy and, especially, who opposes the censorship regime on which they rely,\u201d Greenwald tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReporting on Musk is obviously valid: necessary,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThis isn\u2019t reporting. It\u2019s deceit and punishment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVery strange piece of reporting,\u201d Thomas Chatterton Williams tweeted. \u201cPeople must be judged as individuals and on their own actions, not the cultures they h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en to be born into.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cBut as a white South African, he came up in a time and place in which there was hardly a free exchange of ideas\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Very strange piece of reporting. People must be judged as individuals and on their own actions, not the cultures they happen to be born into. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9CbOJP2uZr\">https:\/\/t.co\/9CbOJP2uZr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Thomas Chatterton Williams (@thomaschattwill) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thomaschattwill\/status\/1522212262575894535?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Judging people by where they grew up. Thought we were past that. \ud83e\udd74<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ted Dabrowski (@TedDabrowski) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TedDabrowski\/status\/1522193092962447360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cY\u2019all are reaching,\u201d Clifton Duncan tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>Ted Dabrowski accused the Times of \u201cjudging people by where they grew up. Thought we were past that.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Musk left South Africa at the age of 17 and relocated to Canada. He then attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a bachelor in physics and economics in 1995.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Elon_Musk_NYT9.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Elon Musk\" class=\"wp-image-22150752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Elon_Musk_NYT9.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Elon_Musk_NYT9.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Elon_Musk_NYT9.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Times story notes that Musk befriended non-white children and was \u201cbullied\u201d for defending a boy against racist taunts.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 1999, his software company, Zip2, was acquired by Compaq. Musk received 7% of the proceeds, which translated to $22 million.<\/p>\n<p>The next year, Musk used money from the sale of Zip2 to co-found X.com, an online bank that eventually merged with Confinity. The newly created entity was renamed PayPal, which was bought by eBay for $1.5 billion in 2002.<\/p>\n<p>That same year, Musk founded SpaceX, the space exploration company.<\/p>\n<p>In 2004, Musk joined Tesla as chairman of the board before eventually becoming CEO in 2008.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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