Earlier this week, X owner Elon Musk shared a meme that questioned whether or not “PizzaGate” — the widely debunked conspiracy theory that claimed prominent political figures were operating a child sex operation out of the basement of a Washington D.C. pizza parlor — was real. In response, Keith Olbermann has announced his plans to depart the platform, which drew the ire of many conservative pundits.
In a post to X, Olbermann directly attributed his departure from the platform to the meme shared by Musk.
“After Musk’s endorsement of the QAnon Pizzagate conspiracy theory, I won’t be posting here any more,” Olbermann wrote. “There are a couple of prescheduled promos for the Podcast, the last runs ~10PM I’m on the other socials under my name or some variation of Countdown With KO/Keith Olbermann.”
He went on to call Musk “an antisemite and a moron who will eat the latest shit one of his sycophants hands him”. He continued by noting that he no longer views the platform as “an effective means of promotion”, sharing that in a recent episode of his Countdown with Keith Olbermann podcast that featured 125,000 views or downloads, only 22 total came from X.
After the declaration, several conservative media members and content creators mocked Olbermann for his stance.
