Musk Weighs in on Presidential Debate With Compliment to CNN

Elon Musk paid tribute to CNN after Friday's presidential debate. On X, Musk praised hosts Jake Tapper and Dana Bash for asking "reasonable and nonpartisan" questions, saying, "I didn't see any favoritism for any of the candidates. Musk continued: This is what people want from the media. Despite criticism of CNN in the past, including recent allegations that it ignored CNN's copyright to allow creators to broadcast debates on X,

Musk has criticized the network's fairness approach. According to Mashable, Musk said: "People have the right to watch as many presidential debates as they want. The DMCA does not apply." Meanwhile, XData reported a significant increase in discussion-related activity. They noted that the global conversation about X is widespread, tracking more than 2 billion impressions. This video has been viewed 242 million times and posted 2 million times.