Elon Musk Buys Into CNN!
I told you it would happen. Sure enough, Elon Musk is putting roughly a billion dollars into Skydance, the parent company of both CNN and CBS! The investment, reported today by Semafor and confirmed across outlets, lands right as Christiane Amanpour announced she is leaving CNN after 43 years. Talent is clearly running scared at both networks, but I’ll explain why Musk’s capital and interest in these companies is actually a good sign for the future of American media.
The news comes just as Kara Swisher, a longtime tech journalist and CNN contributor who once promised to leave if MAGA voices took over, is floating the idea of jail time for Elon. On a recent podcast she claimed he might already be in prison under a Kamala Harris presidency and that Democrats will come for him hard if they retake Congress. Musk’s reply was direct: “Live by the sword, die by the sword. Sounds like Swisher really wants to go to prison.” Talking about ticking off the new boss. Kara may want to pack up her things fast if she hasn’t already.
Meanwhile, major new developments in the Ilhan Omar saga. In her first interview since federal agents raided her DC home, Omar sat down with a very friendly Chris Hayes on MS NOW—and still managed to implode in real time. When pressed on the long-standing allegation that she married her brother, she called it “insane,” then answered the follow-up about any kernel of truth with the carefully hedged line: “Not to my knowledge.”
In today’s episode, I’m sharing my interview with longtime attorney and investigative reporter Scott Johnson of the Minnesota Power Line blog. Johnson has followed Ilhan Omar for ten years and was one of the original reporters to piece together the evidence around her suspicious marriage to her alleged brother. He joins us with some stunning intel. Here’s more from Trish Regan.
