Elon Musk said he was preparing a legal challenge against Media Matters for America, a liberal watchdog group, which has repeatedly targeted him and X in the past. “The split second court opens on Monday, X Corp will be filing a thermonuclear lawsuit against Media Matters and ALL those who colluded in this fraudulent attack on our company,”
Musk thundered on X Saturday. “Their board, their donors, their network of dark money, all of them.”
The billionaire took issue with an article from Media Matters which accused X of running ads for Apple, Bravo, IBM, Oracle, and Xfinity next to “pro-nazi content.” Since it was published Thursday,
Apple and IBM both announced
they were suspending advertising on X. In a statement, Musk claimed Media Matters had manipulated the platform in order to deceive advertisers.
“This week Media Matters for America posted a story that completely misrepresented the real experience on X, in another attempt to undermine freedom of speech and mislead advertisers,” Musk said. “Media Matters created an alternate account and curated the posts and advertising appearing on the account’s timeline to misinform advertisers about the placement of their posts.”
“Media Matters is pure evil,” he said in a follow up message.