The reporter did a terrible, terrible job here. Opportunity of a lifetime to speak to Musk and he messed it up.

@Britishpatriot1

Жыл бұрын

It was a hitjob. He didn't mess up, it was intentional, he had an agenda

@zakapholiac9377

Жыл бұрын

@@Britishpatriot1 and came woefully unprepared. It was pathetic

@tsilikasp

Жыл бұрын

But he gave us the opportunity to laugh at him

@tsilikasp

Жыл бұрын

​@@Britishpatriot1 Nailed it. Reminds me of some Jordan Peterson "interviewers"

@techpjman

Жыл бұрын

Definitely made himself laughable lol

Unlike a politician, he actually tries to answer every question the reporter throws at him. This is what a genuine person looks like.

@gkmanagementservices

Жыл бұрын

Really? Ask him when fsd is coming out? Then you will see how genuine he really is…

@IzzyIkigai

Жыл бұрын

Just because he's talking more doesn't mean he's saying anything. If Elon was genuine he wouldn't be critizised so much for being a lying shit. Ge literally got fucked by a state agency for manipulating markets with all the "genuine" words he put out there in the past years

@carllewis7964

Жыл бұрын

@@gkmanagementservices as genuine as who???

@gkmanagementservices

Жыл бұрын

@@carllewis7964 argue with facts or go back to science class as per your logic. Im not pretending to save the environment and free speech…

@mattsmith4027

Жыл бұрын

Really, I don't disagree with Elon's approach but he uses rhetorical tricks common to politicians. He uses quite a few rhetorical devices to get out of answering questions he doesn't want to discuss. To be clear I'm not criticising Elon this is what public figures need to do but he approaches this interview as a media trained figure and deploys rhetorical devices often used in interviews that might involve questions that will involve information you don't want to reveal but these are very much the tools of politicians. Like the tone is a bit more casual and shoot from the hip but other than that to my eye a politician under fire could sound a lot like this.

16:05 Elon Musk: "Free speech is meaningless unless you allow people you don't like to say things you don't like. Otherwise it's irrelevant."

@gregazajko

11 ай бұрын

AMEN SO it is

This is where the BBC are at. They have gone from a trusted, respected, impartial organisation to this… Embarrassing

@roberttaylor-branco3217

Жыл бұрын

This is unfortunately where basically every news organization has gone. Actual reporters unfortunately barely exist anymore

@rachelstephens3656

Жыл бұрын

I'm not entirely certain, given the enlightenment of the last decade, that any of the news media has ever been trusted, respected, or impartial. They've simply been incredibly successful in convincing their audiences that they were.

@illyrian9976

Жыл бұрын

​@@rachelstephens3656 While it's true that they always lied to some degree, there is no question about it that the situation has gotten much worse in the last few years, especialy since 2015

In other words, we've just witnessed a prime example why you shouldn't play semantic games with Elon or get ready to get steamrolled.

@cwg9238

Жыл бұрын

semantics can be interesting arguments. this was just a pathetic attempt at gaslighting.

@rickthomas422

Жыл бұрын

This could only be better if the Bill Clinton Kid had taken Elon's place for this interview.

@smokeking-iw2wf

Жыл бұрын

Elon is a genuine, righteous, smart person. Don’t try to put a man like this in the corner. It won’t work out for you.

@Will.G33

Жыл бұрын

Do you actually know who you are talking to? Do you actually? 🥴🥴.........😂

@robbecorne7771

Жыл бұрын

So much respect to Elon.. Talking to someone who tries to drag you down is very exhausting. An interview should be informative for us. Not a battle

thanks champ, I knew the BBC wouldn't release the full interview!

Every single question this man asked was in bad faith.

@lesahenderson7365

Жыл бұрын

EXACTLY ‼️

Elon speaking in pure plain English: “You just lied!” 💀 😂

Passive aggressive interviewer style, Elon is Awesome, he understands what is happening.

@error.delete4945

Жыл бұрын

Tbf this is normal for the BBC. The issue is playing devil's advocate when you don't have basic facts and figures to back up your accusations then you end up looking like a biased tool, like this guy.

Elon kept referring back to BBC, and laughing at his own 🍆 joke. Absolute Legend

"The average citizen knows more than the journalist" what a line.

I'm British, I have to pay for the BBC by force of law! Its become an embarrassment!

This is why Musk is a genius: basically what he has done here is set up an interview knowing that the BBC would try to do a hatchet job on him and then used this to expose the BBC for their misinformation and brainwashing while highlighting his point that freedom of speech is more important now than ever. Probably the best interview I've seen.

@ThatDudeLarzFoo-ah

Жыл бұрын

A legit Master-Class on Elon’s part here. Being Interviewed by an Ass-Hat:101

@basharstats4482

Жыл бұрын

actually this guy showed up unannounced at Twitter headquarters and asked for an interview with Elon fully expecting to be turned down but to his surprise Elon agreed and live streamed it on Twitter. otherwise we would have never seen complete footage as BBC edited out the whole thing and aired like 5 minutes of this

He messed up big time. And also twitter has definitely been better under Elon than pre Elon.

Absolutely destroyed this interviewer, really well countered by Elon and so psychologically great, his BS meter is remarkable, he deserves my respect here...

The interviewer was an absolute tool. NEVER and I mean NEVER go up against a genius without doing any homework. I'm a Brit and I'm ashamed of this reporter and the BBC.

The fact that the interviewer said he has not used twitter in 3 weeks before this interview says it all. If you're going to be interviewing the CEO of twitter about how its going since he took over, but you aren't going to use the platform/app 3 weeks prior to the interview is absurd!! I take my hat off to Elon, he came to the interview more prepared than this BBC clown and could have could have embarrassed the reporter even further but didn't. Elon is a true gentleman!

@lesahenderson7365

Жыл бұрын

Yes, SIR❗️

Жыл бұрын

He's job is not to test Twitter. Also, how much notice do you think he got before the interview? Because you sound like you think it was at least 3 weeks...

@RGuard

Жыл бұрын

Amen!!!!!!!!!!!

@ravenking2458

11 ай бұрын

​@But he should've come up with something solid cause he's interviewing him.

11 ай бұрын

@@ravenking2458 Yeah, should have but he couldn't. But that's not a reason to congratulate Elon, unless someone thinks his job is to out BS reporters. On a side note: the reporter said he was given a short notice so no wonder he couldn't prepare better. On another side note, while Elon was lying/avoiding the question about advertisers and claimed that "most of them" are or will be back on board soon, 2-3 months later Twitter ad revenues are officially down 50%. What a genius!

Sad that Elon had to waste his time with this interviewer.

POV you’re a journalist and one of your question is “what was we talking about ?” GOLD

22:55 is the momemt that he questions the BBC about vaccine injury. Every major media outlet ignored this part, just as the interviewer ignored the question, but it's another step towards being able to have this conversation as a society.

Terrible journalism! Maybe Elon should takeover the BBC and sack him.

Childish 'gotcha' journalism vs. actual orientation towards truth

Oh man, this is one of the most infuriating interviews I have ever seen. Feels like the interviewer has a list of accusations and he just goes through them and doesn't really even listen to the answers. Then when Elon has an answer he seems annoyed.

Elon wanted to be friendly lot of times in this. This guy had it coming and deserved it

Horrific journalism. Absolutely horrific.

Elon mask agrees to give 60mins of his time and BBC picks their best talent for the interview :)

You could at least hire a competent interviewer for interviewing this great man

The bbc journalist got shamed and shut down throughout the interview. Now I know exactly why Elon is a genius billionaire !

@Aitch2020

Жыл бұрын

@@m.e.5313 sounds like being dumb and clueless is your Forte. Keep it up.

@Trippster

Жыл бұрын

@@m.e.5313 most self-made billionaires are smart and quick-witted. That’s it. The comment is likely more a compliment and not too serious.

@faikerdogan2802

Жыл бұрын

Dam if dismantling a person who can't substantiate his claims make u genius then iam one too 😂

@Aitch2020

Жыл бұрын

@@faikerdogan2802 I'm sure you also use that same logic to be an Armenian genocide denier.

@faikerdogan2802

Жыл бұрын

@@Aitch2020 no, I use it to not deny

Dishonesty can’t win honesty… this is why Elon won every second of this interview.

@JamesWang007

Жыл бұрын

yes!

Man, this reporter asks questions in a very irritating way then doesn’t listen or act like he understands the answers. 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

This is why platforms like Joe Rogan Podcast hold so much more weight than "news" companies do. He just speaks to the guests like normal people and doesn't try to attack them and make them look a certain way. Nothing this guy asked was without an agenda.

@shaun5047

Жыл бұрын

Lol Joe would have called this guy out on being a weasel. I remember a super old episode where Joe interviews a magazine owner and ends up pointing out the disrespect and passive aggressiveness. Joe and Redban even started to nail him to the wall for being guilty of things he complains about. The guy reacted by denying and acting like Joe was trying to pick a fight. It was hilarious bc Joe and Redban just started laughing to themselves like dude this guy is a hypocrite.

@MarcusTDM

Жыл бұрын

News companies are propaganda machines. They tell us what they want us to believe. We’ve seen it through the pandemic, we’ve seen it through wars too.

Hey kids, if you fail to get a job at McDonalds, you could always try modern-day journalism.

They will never let this guy interview anyone again 😂😂😂😂😂, he's gonna be reporting traffic after this .

The reporter: Let’s move on because I can’t back up the claims I’m making.

@brunodosreis

Жыл бұрын

Business as usual 😂

The journalist is totally out classed Elon is far beyond him.

Years ago Musk had a dispute with the BBC about the way Top Gear represented the Tesla car used by Top Gear, it was quite damaging to Tesla. He accused them of outright lying. That is almost certainly what he was referring to in this interview but he did not actually mention it. I like Clarkson and Top Gear even if they did lie then. The fact Musk didn't mention it. He is a class act really. It is strange that the BBC were given the chance to have an interview with a man who is achieving so much on a planetary level, he is really in the elite of people on the planet and they set the interview up to go this way? Such a waste opportunity for them.

What a terrible and unprofessional handling of an interview by the journalist! Embarrassing!

@maximilianadair3237

Жыл бұрын

He's terribvle and unprepared. There is so much evidence of hate speech, guy is a joke

This interviewer is definitely on some pretty strong stuff. He’s like a mascot for everything that’s wrong with society. Surprised he’s not wearing a mask and shouting pronouns.

I was indifferent to Musk prior to the Twitter buy. Now I'm a HUGE Elon Musk fan. I like this guy.

@lesahenderson7365

Жыл бұрын

Me too 🙂

In 10 years, Twitter will be making bank. And BBC will be crying about Capitalism. 😂😂😂

@markd288

Жыл бұрын

hope that'll be true.

Look at the body language of the interviewer. He asks a question and immediately as Elon starts to answer he loses interest and is not even listening to what elon is saying and just waiting to ask the next unrelated negative question. Watch carefully.

@noelineatterbury822

Жыл бұрын

He is so ill prepared … hasn’t got a handle on his questions keeps looking to remind him …. really rookie interviewing skills

@johnrhodes3350

Жыл бұрын

He's a woke narcissist who thinks he knows it all already

This dude asked Elon if he was sleeping in the office to make Elon sound insane, in reality he's a G and just works really damn hard

@RGuard

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking this too. It was clear that the interview would not get any better.

The journalist only purpose was to corner Elon and instead Elon cornered the journalist

They came to destroy Elon based on their scripted questions Elon made them look like comedy show 😃

20 seconds in and makes a dick joke and laughs like a maniac. Outstanding

Just watching this after a very long time again. Just learned James Clayton is still working fir BBC - that shows what kind of organisation BBC is.

Elon has exposed how third class "journalist" have become, gone are the days when journalist had integrity and could ask "real" questions.... Elon is the way forward and kudos to him for exposing this charlatan.

As a person from England.....we don't claim him, chaps.

Elon was offering real conversation,this dude went for gotcha questions and lost horribly 😂😂😂😂

"free speech is meaningless, unless you let people you don't like, say things you don't like" AMEN to that 🙏

@stevemcmahon100

Ай бұрын

This is the quote of the century.

This guy shouldn’t of ever been given this much of Elon’s time period.

What a car crash for the BBC, Epic.

@WnxAC

Жыл бұрын

​@@threatened2024​ If this is the edited version i would love to see the original!

Elon Musk got the better of the interviewer all the time. He is brilliant. There isn’t a man born who could do that.

A reasonable man in an unreasonable time in our culture. Everyone can learn something from this interview

I listened to this live on space calls. The bbc journalist was not prepared to what was coming. Elon was a brilliant.

Media interpretation of this interview - “Elon tells BBC about painful Twitter takeover” EVERYONE else - “BBC journalist gets owned by Elon”

Thanks for uploading this, actually not easy to find full vid

@Dayfitnl

Жыл бұрын

Media doing everything they can to hide it, including KZread.

This reporter is so uncomfortably left…Elon is just playing with him…hilarious interview…Well done Elon‼️

@FinalFlash2110

Жыл бұрын

He's mentally ill.. wouldn't you be uncomfortable?

This guy is now making photocopies in BBCs basement

@siegfriedbraun5447

Жыл бұрын

Nah, he's failed upwards and is now training new reporters/interviewers.

This guy wasn’t listening to a word Elon was saying, he had his own agenda from the get go, and he kept twitching and itching to ask the next loaded question.

@mullybarr9119

Жыл бұрын

Exactly..He's a lightweight interviewer who is way out of his depth..✌️

@triluique

Жыл бұрын

I agree. I was also surprised to see a BBC reporter spending so much time looking at his phone...

“Do you value free speech over hate speech?” That question in and of itself is preposterous. You may as well be asking me if I value gravity over flat earth theory.

God damn, these are all 100% top tier answers. Purely schooled the interviewer.

Who is here to see only those 5 minutes when Elon roasted the BBC interviewer 😂

@ljuan5000

Жыл бұрын

😂

Only difference between BBC and CNN is the accent. Name one offensive tweet, just one. Do your homework BBC. Be honest. Amateur hour.

@fancy134ify

Жыл бұрын

💯💯💯🎯

he’s so right and i just love seeing the richest man in the world having the guts to call bs out when he sees it. we need more elon’s in this world.

Bad interviewer and worst camera angle - BBC did not prove anyone wrong once again by this failed interview

So much bias from this BBC chap. Elons honesty really shines through

The BBC reporter decided to go toe-to-toe against Musk and got his ass handed to him.

One question for the reporter…”do you have any regrets recently?” 😅

I am glad that this interview happened for everyone to see how ridiculous the media can get

This interviewer got destroyed by Elon. Great job on standing your ground Elon

Wonder why BBC couldn't upload this to their channel themselves hahahaha

Boy, James was way out of his league. Elon was just playing with this guy. James, I think you should consider a career change. Maybe a baker would fit your skill set.

@brownmr.5521

9 ай бұрын

Maybe janitor

This isn't an interview it's an interrogation

If I'm right, instead of Twitter, BBC got unmasked here.

Why are we hating on the interviewer, because of him we got to witness this piece of gem.

@johnowens5342

Жыл бұрын

Punching target?😂🤣😂

@handlesareweird

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. That said, I can't stop myself from hating on the interviewer because I genuinely do hate him ;P

@firstnamelastname6216

Жыл бұрын

Lol good point.

This is hilarious. The BBC thought they were doing something.

I watched this interview at least 3 times already, it's so funny to see mainstream media getting crushed by Musk. The best part is: James: I can't give you an exact example. Let's move on.. Musk: Wow James: Covid misinformation Musk: AMAZING!

This reporter takes such an attacking approach yet doesn’t have the knowledge to back up the attacks…

Why was this full interview so hard to find

@j.r5159

Жыл бұрын

Why do you think?

This is oddly reminiscent of the Cathy Newman/Jordan Peterson interview

@adiosmiamigo

Жыл бұрын

It's the same exact lay out as the Cathy Newman / Jordan Peterson interview. Some idiot who knows nothing about what they are asking about interviews an extremely intelligent subject matter expert and constantly tries to get them in a gotcha moment through virtue signaling and with no actual facts.

Elon has done a wonderful job of exposing the interviewer's shortcomings. The interviewer clearly intended to make Elon look like a fool, and left with his phone between his legs.

When you studied journalism at Mc Donalds.

The longest hour in this journalist's life!

@willemhaifetz-chen1588

Жыл бұрын

He was not well prepared.

@ThatDudeLarzFoo-ah

Жыл бұрын

His palms were sweaty for sure. lol

@RahulKumar-ng2gh

Жыл бұрын

@@ThatDudeLarzFoo-ah but his mother doesn't prepare spaghetti

@ThatDudeLarzFoo-ah

Жыл бұрын

@@RahulKumar-ng2gh My Man! Haha.

This is better than standup 😂 the secondhand embarrassment for the interviewer is wild

This is a big lesson for this guy, he should be more prepared and do more research before doing an interview to one of the smartest and most influential men in our era. Watching this interviewer completely dig a deeper and deeper hole, thinking he's even being smart at some points and then getting absolutely shrekt by musk. Damn, that's a big lesson to learn at his age, I'm not sure he's getting up from this anytime soon.

If you ever wanted a side by side comparison of a genuinely intelligent person, and somebody who THINKS they are intelligent - here it is folks.

@desertsdestiny5483

Жыл бұрын

No, they are both lunatics

@1i2cVision

Жыл бұрын

@@desertsdestiny5483 I hadn't trusted Elon Musk of recent years, but actually feel that buying Twitter has changed something about him. I trul;y believe he didn't want to buy this and yet ended up falling into a trap. I think he has seen first hand how the game is played and got stung, but has something inside that has decided to change sides and perspective. If he is asking questons of who the BBC thinks it is, that's not a bad thing. Most people with intelligence know that the 2020's has become controlled and there is something very deceitful occurring.

This is the most bad faith interview I’ve seen in a while. The number of times this interviewer cut Elon off and changed subjects, aggressively, was ludicrous

@lesahenderson7365

Жыл бұрын

Yes. I think the same thing!

I have to say that it always makes me happy to hear Elon laugh. He works so hard. His laughter makes me think that he has some balance in his life.

The 20 min mark where he’s asking for an example had me DEAD 😂

Reading the interviewer's body language, he was thinking of the next thing to say / ask instead of listening. Definitely came with an agenda

@RGuard

Жыл бұрын

YEP, and he failed!

its like a grown man is beating up a disabled child... just fire that interviewer and send him back to school

@kevinmathis1278

Жыл бұрын

Elon went one step further and took him to school. He's a generous man.

That reporter looks scared literally

When the guy your interviewing is way, way smarter than you and your producers combined.

@lesahenderson7365

Жыл бұрын

Yeah. The BBC and their stooge should have come into this conversation fairly and it may have been a good experience for everyone.

Interviewer - “Hate speech has risen on my feed” Elon - “Really? Give me 1 example” Interviewer - “ uh …i cant” (while squirming away from the question) The bias is so obvious from this cheeky bastard

"I have no idea who could run Twitter"-- "Yeah. I know, its a hard job." Elon is running circles around this guy.

Interviewing one of the smartest people alive requires an equal … the BBC journalist def did not do his homework…

Elon ate that interviewer alive. It’s hilarious to see Elon mirror his energy and the interviewer literally brakes down in less than a minute.

Literally evey interview/podcast with elon was conducted in a smarter, more competent and respectful way than this parody of journalism.

I love how upfront and honest Elon is. It took the interviewer by surprise 😂

@WoolandFlax

Жыл бұрын

I think that's what shook him up