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Washington Post refuses to run $115,000 ad titled 'Fire Elon Musk,' report says


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Published in Politics and Government on Monday, February 17th 2025 at 6:21 GMT by MSN   Print publication without navigation

  • Washington Post refuses to run $115,000 ad titled 'Fire Elon Musk,' report says - 'Who's running this country: Donald Trump or Elon Musk,' reads the advert, which was intended for Tuesday's edition of

The Washington Post declined to run a $115,000 advertisement titled "Fire Elon Musk," which was intended to criticize Elon Musk's management of X Corp (formerly Twitter). The ad, created by the advocacy group MoveOn, depicted Musk with a Pinocchio-like nose, suggesting he was dishonest. The Post's decision was based on their policy against running ads that attack individuals personally, even though the ad was meant to address Musk's business practices and decisions, such as mass layoffs and changes to content moderation policies. This refusal has sparked a debate about the boundaries of free speech and the ethics of advertising in media.

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