For those unfamiliar with the debate that kicked off this media firestorm, it all went down during the much-anticipated Trump vs. Harris presidential debate. Moderated by ABC’s David Muir and Linsey Davis, the event quickly became a battlefield of interruptions, fact-checking, and thinly veiled frustration.
According to Musk and countless others, the moderators spent the bulk of the debate correcting Trump’s claims while letting Harris off the hook. “It felt more like the Harris Fan Club than a debate,” one Musk supporter tweeted in outrage. “They let her do a TED Talk, but Trump couldn’t get a sentence out without a fact-check hammer dropping.”
This sentiment echoed throughout the night, but it wasn’t until Musk—never one to keep his thoughts to himself—publicly declared his displeasure that the floodgates opened.
“We need to fight back against biased media,” Musk tweeted. “ABC has lost it. They don’t care about fairness anymore. Let’s show them that viewers still have power.”
That was all it took. Musk’s legion of loyal fans needed no further encouragement. The countdown to ABC’s mass exodus began.
