CNN’s outrageously biased ongoing treatment of Elon Musk took a turn Thursday that was so over-the-top it was actually a little funny. On that day’s episode of Inside Politics, Dana Bash hosted two of Musk’s especially vitriolic detractors, and her attempts to cover for them were so ridiculous, it was actually a little more than the pair could just sit there and take.
While opening up what was apparently meant to be a fairly routine session of anti-Musk deprecation, Bash introduced her two guests, Kara Swisher, host of the podcast On, and Scott Galloway, a marketing professor at NYU who also hosts his own podcast.
It was worth noting, for context, that these two were well known for their vitriolic and angry expression of their views. Swisher had, for example, promoted the idea of the Biden campaign attacking Trump with the slogan “Rapist, racist, fascist.”
Bash, though, was eager to help her guests show a kinder and gentler face, and as she introduced them, she eagerly gushed: “I just want to fact check something. Musk called you cruel and deceitful human beings. I know you both-You are neither-So- fact check: False. So, let's get that out of the way.”
“Uh,” responded Swisher, apparently a little uneasy, which put Bash in a tight spot as her guests took to up ending the “fact check” she attempted on their behalf:
BASH: Oh, you want to disagree with me?
SWISHER: OK. All right, we're a little mean. He said we were mean and that- that's not in- inaccurate. Correct. Scott, don't you think?
GALLOWAY: Uh- mean-ish. [Laughter]
SWISHER: Mean-ish.
“Mean, adjacent,” Bash quipped, ending the awkward moment, then hastily turned the conversation back around to Musk.
Evidently, CNN has taken their notorious bias to the point where they will go so far to cover for and sugarcoat their own side, it can be a bit much even for some of those they think they’re doing a favor.
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CNN Inside Politics
02/13/2025
12:40 PMBASH: What motivates the man who hopes the computers are nice to us and is actively trying to replace humans who work for the federal government with computers? Well, who better to talk to than two people plugged into Musk world for years: Kara Swisher, the host of the podcast On and co-host of Pivot and the other Pivot co-host Scott Galloway, a marketing professor at NYU and the host of another podcast, the Prof G Pod.
Okay, before we start, thank you so much for being here, but I just want to fact check something. Musk --
KARA SWISHER, CNN CONTRIBUTOR: Sure.
BASH: -- called you cruel and deceitful human beings. I know you both-
SWISHER: Yes.
BASH: You are neither-
SWISHER: Yes.
BASH: So- fact check: False. So, let's get that out of the way.
SWISHER: Uh-
BASH: Oh, you want to disagree with me?
SWISHER: OK. All right, we're a little mean. He said we were mean and that- that's not in- inaccurate. Correct. Scott, don't you think?
SCOTT GALLOWAY, CO-HOST, "PIVOT": Uh- mean-ish (laughter)
SWISHER: Mean-ish.
BASH: Mean, adjacent. OK. But let's talk about why he called you this.
