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The Federal Trade Commission just opened an investigation into Media Matters - Daily Kos
You all didn't really think Elon was getting out of our hair and back into his own lane, now did you?
He still wants to be king, but he found out there is such a thing as bad publicity. Stepping out of meddling in government and going back to his real business? HA! Meddling in government IS his real business, he just learned to be sneakier.
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/5/27/2323978/-The-FTC-is-being-weaponized-for-Elon-Musk-and-it-won-t-stop-there?pm_campaign=blog&pm_medium=rss&pm_source=]
The Federal Trade Commission just opened an investigation into Media Matters, and surprise, surprise, it just happens to be “investigating” the exact same thing Elon Musk sued Media Matters over. And thanks to Donald Trump’s illegal removal of the Democratic members of the FTC, you can expect a lot more of this.
In November 2023, Musk sued Media Matters, alleging that it had somehow manufactured some white supremacist racist garbage posts to appear next to paid advertisements on X. Given that Musk’s entire goal in purchasing Twitter was to turn it into a Nazi bar, this was patently absurd. It’s a lawsuit that should have been tossed immediately, but Musk filed the case in the Northern District of Texas so that Judge Reed O’Connor could hear the case.
Judge-shopping to O’Connor is almost always successful for conservatives. This time was no exception, even though NPR uncovered that O’Connor is a Tesla investor. O’Connor should have recused himself, but rules are for suckers.
In November 2023, Musk sued Media Matters, alleging that it had somehow manufactured some white supremacist racist garbage posts to appear next to paid advertisements on X. Given that Musk’s entire goal in purchasing Twitter was to turn it into a Nazi bar, this was patently absurd. It’s a lawsuit that should have been tossed immediately, but Musk filed the case in the Northern District of Texas so that Judge Reed O’Connor could hear the case.
Judge-shopping to O’Connor is almost always successful for conservatives. This time was no exception, even though NPR uncovered that O’Connor is a Tesla investor. O’Connor should have recused himself, but rules are for suckers.