Social media: X cancels planned talk show after critical interview with Elon Musk

Billionaire Elon Musk surprisingly canceled a talk show on his platform X before the first episode was published – after he himself was a guest in the premiere episode as an interview partner. The network, formerly known as Twitter, said it had decided “not to enter into a commercial partnership with the show” after careful consideration. The former CNN presenter Don Lemon was invited to publish the program content on X “without censorship” – but without being paid for it.

Musk’s regularly expressed self-assessment that he is an “absolutist for free expression” apparently no longer applies if he doesn’t like the questions “from people like me,” criticized Lemon. Elon Musk is “angry with me,” said the host of the planned The Don Lemon Show in a video distributed on X. He will publish the conversation with him on YouTube and as a podcast on Monday. Lemon did not say why exactly Musk was dissatisfied.

There were no restrictions on the interview, Lemon said in writing. “My questions were respectful and broad, covering everything from SpaceX to the presidential election.” From his point of view, the conversation was good. “Obviously he disagreed,” Lemon wrote of Musk.

X announced in January that it was planning a “new content partnership” with Lemon. 30-minute episodes of the show named after the presenter were to be published three times a week, covering the topics of politics, culture, sports and entertainment. The background to the agreement was the ailing platform’s efforts to become more attractive to users and advertising customers.

Billionaire Elon Musk surprisingly canceled a talk show on his platform X before the first episode was published – after he himself was a guest in the premiere episode as an interview partner. The network, formerly known as Twitter, said it had decided “not to enter into a commercial partnership with the show” after careful consideration. The former CNN presenter Don Lemon was invited to publish the program content on X “without censorship” – but without being paid for it.

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