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Elon Musk has spent the past few days on his X platform sharing memes about potentially buying MSNBC. It looks as if Joe Rogan would be interested in joining the company, displacing Rachel Maddow.
After Comcast shared it would place its cable assets into a separate company, calling it SpinCo, many believed it showed that outlets like CNBC and MSNBC were for sale. Musk has continually asked “How much does it cost?” when approached with questions on his intention to purchase the channel.
In on post to X, Musk said “The most entertaining outcome, especially if ironic, is most likely,” when the topic was broached.
That led Joe Rogan to chime in, saying he’d be interested in a position with the channel if Musk was the owner.
“If you buy MSNBC I would like Rachael (sic) Maddow’s job,” Rogan wrote. “I will wear the same outfit and glasses, and I will tell the same lies.”
Elon Musk replied with one word to the podcast star: “Deal.”
The questions on if Musk will buy MSNBC are mostly tongue-in-cheek. He has previously called the channel the “utter scum of the Earth” and said it “peddles propaganda” before recently suggesting the network is “going down.”
