Fox News host Greg Gutfeld hailed billionaire Elon Musk as “the last man standing” in defense of free speech as the combined might of the corrupt establishment moves to destroy the X platform by suffocating its revenue stream and nuked his own employer too.
On Friday’s edition of “Gutfeld!” the discussion turned to the Tesla/SpaceX CEO’s refusal to grovel during a Q&A at the New York Times’ DealBook Summit over the major corporations that have yanked their ads from the platform formerly known as Twitter, describing such tactics as blackmail and sending them a message of “go f**k yourself.” that sucked the air out of the room.
If Musk’s defiant response lit the fuse of resistance against the corrupt establishment, then the Fox News funnyman dropped the bomb when he jabbed Fox News over caving to the pressure by firing its top-rated host Tucker Carlson earlier this year.
(Video: Fox News)
In his “Video of the Day” segment, the Fox News funnyman played a clip of Musk’s chat with NYT reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin, bleeping out the money line where the political left’s most hated enemy outside of former President Donald J. Trump told the likes of Apple, Disney, IBM, Walmart and other free-speech hating “woke” corporations exactly what they can do.
“How insane is it that companies are trying to blackmail the world’s richest man with money?” Gutfeld asked. “That’s like extorting Jerry Nadler with salad,” a jab at the morbidly obese New York Democrat.
“The fact is, Musk may be the last man standing between real freedom of speech and the suffocating block of the censorship industrial complex, which is made up of government, media, and tech forces,” he continued. “He realizes that advertisers have no spine and can be easily cowed by special interest groups in cahoots with political allies.”
“If you don’t believe me, I got two words for you: Tucker Carlson,” Gutfeld zinged Fox News, words that were greeted with stunned silence by the others on the set.
X users reacted to Gutfeld’s going there over what is a very touchy subject with the people who sign his paychecks, including props from Musk himself.
Correct https://t.co/KLaXWYFDy3
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 2, 2023
I wouldn’t be surprised if Fox fires Gutfeld after this. https://t.co/H1DkthnDkS
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) December 2, 2023
OMG. He went there. Will he be the next to be fired at Fox? Much respect for Greg.
— Juanita Broaddrick (@atensnut) December 2, 2023
Greg is another TV personality who is not necessarily completely controlled by the people in charge. I think people at Fox News were told that Tucker was off-limits, and not to be spoken of. This is not the first time Greg has broken this rule.
— Old School Eddie (@Old_SchoolEddie) December 2, 2023
That really is a ballsy move by Gutfeld. Good for him.
— Phillip McGuire (@PhillipCMcGuire) December 2, 2023
Greg Gutfeld grabs the mic like a stand-up comic: “Guess what? Tucker Carlson got the boot from Fox, and it’s a political puppetry play, folks!” Move over, drama, Gutfeld’s dropping truth bombs with a side of comedic flair.
— Lord_Of_Repost (@BaleMrMoreFire) December 2, 2023
FOX is owned by the very same people we’re trying to fight, that’s why they don’t even report on real news anymore.
— Mindy Robinson (@iheartmindy) December 2, 2023
Greg Gutfeld is moving in the right direction.
He can only go so far.
Fox will muzzle him.
— MatthewJshow (@MatthewJshow) December 2, 2023
Greg just BODY SLAMMED you, @FoxNews. Just absolutely BURIED YOU.
Wow, I just gained tremendous respect for Gutfeld!
cc: @elonmusk
— David Wohl (@DavidWohl) December 2, 2023
The conservative network’s unexpected and abrupt cancellation of “Tucker Carlson Tonight” set off a jubilant celebration on the left but the ecstasy of the censorship cheerleaders didn’t last long when the resilient journalist quickly landed back on his feet on Twitter, now X, where he is unrestrained by Fox News brass and has become even more popular and influential by before.
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