Donald Trump Jr., Elon Musk joke about purchasing MSNBC

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Hill

11/23/24 9:27 AM ET


Donald Trump Jr. and tech billionaire Elon Musk joked on Friday about purchasing MSNBC. It started with Trump Jr., President-elect Trump’s oldest son, sharing a meme about MSNBC being up for sale. Trump Jr. quote-tweeted the meme Friday on X and said “Hey @elonmusk I have the funniest idea ever!!!”

“How much does it cost,” Musk replied. Musk later responded to the viral interaction, saying the sale would be “the most entertaining outcome,” while suggesting it would be “ironic.”

The exchange occurred just two days after Comcast, one of the largest media conglomerates in the nation, said it planned to spin off NBCUniversal assets, including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel, to “create a new publicly traded company.” Comcast did not mention any indication it would be open to selling MSNBC.

Musk’s exchange with Trump Jr. is similar to one he had with a Twitter user in 2017 after he was encouraged to purchase the social media platform. “How much is it” Musk wrote in December of 2017. In 2022, he bought the social media platform, which was later renamed to X, for $44 billion. Popular podcaster Joe Rogan chimed in on the banter on Friday, telling Musk on X that if the billionaire would buy MSNBC, Rogan would like to replace MSNBC star host Rachel Maddow.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5006095-trump-jr-musk-joke-about-buying-msnbc/

[Irish_Dem]

1. Everything is a joke to them. Time to have fun and go wild.

Like a bunch of kids smoking dope at 2am.

[lapfog_1]

6. bunch of 14 year old "bros"

incels.

Only one is the richest person in the world. Another is the son of an idiot who happens to be the President-elect, and third one is one of the largest pod casters in the world who also happens to be a very stupid person and conspiracy theorist.

[Irish_Dem]

10. Spoiled, entitled nepobabies. Drug addicts and criminals.

Now they are our new overlords.

[The Grand Illuminist]

37. That makes them 50X more dangerous.

Must be dealt with accordingly.

[Irish_Dem]

38. Yes they are quite dangerous.

They are sociopaths, mentally ill, and drug addicted.

[Bengus81]

31. Simple...MSNBC can tell Eloon that the asking price is $200 BILLION. Laugh that one off Musk....

[womanofthehills]

35. Elon is now worth $321 million as of Fri

Forbes - “Musk’s net worth was a record $321.7 billion at market close Friday, getting a $7 billion boost as Tesla stock climbed 3.8% to a new 3.5-year closing high of $352.56 per share.”

[Bengus81]

40. Doubt he would spend 40% of his wealth just to "own the libs"

[geojazz]

2. Fascists to the core!!!

[onetexan]

3. This made me sick to my stomach when i read a headline this morning

'Musk eyeing msnbc purchase' 😡

[Walleye]

4. Just what we need, billionaires playing with their little hobbies

[Tadpole Raisin]

5. I have to admit I'm a wee bit concerned about this.

Right wing billionaires buy up papers, radio stations, and other media outlets and liberal billionaires donate to charity.

Right now democracy IS a charity!!

[Peregrine Took]

8. Me, too. Scary as hell. n/t

[cstanleytech]

9. It's actually always been that way, right now their simply being more blatant about it rather than pretending.

[BumRushDaShow]

11. Right wing billionaires buy up papers radio stations and other media outlets and liberal billionaires donate to charity

I have been screaming this in my head for the past couple months...

The RW loons buy things to HURT people and we buy things to HELP people. This has accelerated since Raygun.

[Tadpole Raisin]

13. Somebody needs to whisper in their ear to buy MSNBC

or some other media.

We can’t fight if we are not in the game and we sure as hell are not in the media game in any major way.

[BumRushDaShow]

22. Right now, the closest that we are right now

is this -

Soros-Backed Group Wins FCC Approval for US Radio Stations

By Ashley Carman
September 30, 2024 at 12:17 PM EDT


Audacy Inc., the bankrupt radio broadcaster, won regulatory approval for the transfer of its licenses to a nonprofit funded by billionaire George Soros, paving the way for the company to emerge from Chapter 11. Under the restructuring approved by the court in February, the new, closely held company will be controlled by the Fund for Policy Reform, a Delaware nonprofit, according to an FCC Monday. It will be governed by a four-person board, including Alexander Soros, son of the billionaire investor.

FCC approval arrived nearly seven months after courts backed a reorganization plan that handed control of the company and its 200-plus stations to creditors including Soros Fund Management and wiped out the old shareholders. Audacy’s exit from bankruptcy is expected within days, the company said. The transfer of the licenses was opposed by two FCC members, Brendan Carr and Nathan Simington.

It also faces scrutiny from Republican lawmakers concerned about the senior Soros’ role at the company. Republican Representatives James Comer of Kentucky and Nick Langworthy of New York, both members of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, announced an investigation into the FCC’s approval proceedings last week. They said the agency overlooked foreign ownership concerns to facilitate Soros’ ownership stake.

“The FCC appears to be bypassing standard processes and procedures in an unprecedented way to benefit a Democrat megadonor acquiring a major equity stake in hundreds of local radio stations across the country,” they said in a letter. In its filing Monday, the FCC said the four members of the board at the Fund for Policy Reform are US citizens.

(snip)

There are some 200 or so stations that are part of Audacy (including a number of big-city all-news ones like KYW 1060 AM/103.9 FM here in Philly). The 2 whiners who are complaining are the current 2 (R) Commissioners.

The RWers buy such outlets to run their cheap syndicated propaganda 24/7, with any "loss" considered "part of doing business" since THAT is their "donation to the cause". The Washington Times had been a money-loser for years until they were able to sufficiently brainwash enough to consume their product.

Of course, "radio" is targeted at a certain demographic but it's still a big one and we have spent too much time insulting it while the GOP made full use of it over the past almost 40 years.

[Tadpole Raisin]

24. Rec x 1000. nt

[ificandream]

29. I hope this goes through.

Of course, Trump and his minions will do their best to make it a tough buy.

[BumRushDaShow]

30. The FCC approved it September 30, 2024

FCC Approves License Transfer to New Audacy

STATEMENT

Federal Communications Commission FCC 24-94


STATEMENT OF
CHAIRWOMAN JESSICA ROSENWORCEL

Re: In the Matter of Audacy License, LLC, as Debtor-in-Possession (Assignor) and Audacy License, LLC (Assignee) Application for Consent to Assignment of Licenses, Memorandum Opinion and Order, Application File Nos. 0000241074 et al.

In this decision, we approve the assignment of licenses held by Audacy, which has been under the control of a bankruptcy court, to the new Audacy, so that the company can emerge from bankruptcy proceedings. The process we use to facilitate this license transfer is identical to the one recently used by the agency in the bankruptcy proceedings of Cumulus Media in 2018, iHeart Media in 2019, Liberman Television in 2019, Fusion Connect in 2019, Windstream Holdings in 2020, America-CV Station Group in 2021, and Alpha Media in 2021. To suggest otherwise is cynical and wrong, as this precedent clearly demonstrates. Our practice here and in these prior cases is designed to facilitate the prompt and orderly emergence from bankruptcy of a company that is a licensee under the Communications Act.

[City Lights]

20. Me too.

The last thing we need is another right-wing media outlet.

[samplegirl]

41. This is what happened in Ukraine

and they couldn't get any real news in or out!

[cstanleytech]

7. Such a thing I hope would be blocked I would hope 😡

[lapfog_1]

14. blocked by who, exactly?

if comcast decides to sell off the collection of channels on a dying media outlet ( cable ), who will stop them?

Muck will call it X-cable or something and all of the MSNBC hosts that I still bother to listen to will fight for podcasts like Keith is doing ( which is fine, Keith wants to retire now )... but that is the only media we will have, just endless podcasts.

But that's not the worst.

The worst is that we are losing all the reporters in the USA... and perhaps the world. Newspapers are almost dead, the cable hosts that interview reporters are dying, and the podcasters that simply read the reports that investigative reporters write will no longer have anything to read. All the news will be from "pravda" like state run propaganda outlets. Welcome to 1984, only 40 years behind schedule.

[kimbutgar]

17. Just like in Russia only Putin friendly news

And the dumpt fcc would approve him buying msnbc


Rip USA 1776-2025

[greatauntoftriplets]

12. Just what we don't need.

drumpf state TV.

[lapfog_1]

15. you mean MORE drumpf state TV

He already has Faux, NewsMin, Sinclair, all AM talk radio, and X-shitter, plus a bunch of podcasts and online disinformation sites.

One more Faux-lite won't really make a difference

[Stpaoulboy]

16. Democratic underground should buy it.

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Seriously, why not try to keep a voice in the main stream media,I'm sure we could improve it.

[lapfog_1]

18. I will throw in some money

but only if they fire almost all the morning people and Kornacki... plus never ever have Chuckles or tweety on again... Joe and Mika Mouse can go pound sand.

Honest whatever the asking price is, I doubt collectively we can raise the money to buy it... and we sure can't outbid Mush.

[Polybius]

21. I love Steve Kornacki

He kept getting criticized here for saying the swing states were close, but...the swing states were close.

[lapfog_1]

23. I intensely dislike his rolled up sleeves and dramatic "big board" play by play

and wild gesticulations to make things more "dramatic".

it's all an act. Plus he is not a data scientist and rarely gives any insight into what the data means

[Polybius]

26. He may not be a data scientist, but a good cook doesn't have to go to chef school

I can certainly see why some wouldn't like him, but I like his breakdowns and his cheerful personality. He just seems like a likeable nerd that adores politics.

[milestogo]

19. That would take an enormous amount of continuous fundraising.

[Sogo]

25. Price? 44 Billion.

nt

[Bobbingsworth]

27. $6 billion

The only number I've heard is $6 billion.

[Sogo]

28. I was making reference to the price he paid for Twitter.

It's a number that would be pushback for them joking about MSNBC being for sale and would probably end any interest he might have in the purchase.

[SunSeeker]

32. If they do, we'll just abandon MSNBC to the right wing trolls and switch to another network or podcast.

Like we're abandoning X for Bluesky.

[PortTack]

34. Exactly..they're too stupid to see it isn't failing because no one wants honest journalism...it's failing because they

Stoped doing honest journalism

Unlike the sheeples that watch fux, we don’t want lies, innuendo and propaganda

[PortTack]

33. No one except musk and the rt will watch. Rupert has seen others try to dethrone him..hasn't worked

h

[Karasu]

36. Wanna buy MSNBC? Then dissolve your precious DOGE and get the fuck out of government, Elon.

[OneCrazyDiamond]

39. Mark Cuban and Oprah could step in.

It would be good if our side's billionaires fought their crap head on.