Intellectually Dishonest

About blaming the advertisers, that is...

I hate to be the latest guy to pile on, but it’s not the first time and won’t be the last... plus it’s an easy way to get back into the grind after a few weeks of traveling. Now, onto the show...

He said, what?

I’m not talking about Elon Musk’s “go fuck yourself” comment, after Andrew Ross Sorkin of CNBC and the New York Times asked the world’s richest man (as of last count) about an advertising boycott of his X, the former Twitter.

I’m more focused on his attempt to lay the blame on advertisers if the company fails... in hopes, no doubt, that his most ardent users and fans will boycott advertisers that boycotted X.

Before I go further, if you missed the interview, which you can see here, a quick summary...

‘I Hope They Stop’

Earlier in the day Disney CEO Bob Iger told Sorkin that his firm had pulled advertising from X because doing so was “not a positive” for his company.

When Sorkin brought that up, Musk shot back, “I hope they stop,” adding, “Don’t advertise.”

Musk then accused the adverti…