Twitter users were quick to react after seeing a photo of Elon Musk sitting with News Corp chair and Fox News founder Rupert Murdoch at the Super Bowl.
Writer Molly Jong-Fast shared a photo of Musk sitting next to Murdoch at the game Sunday with the caption, “Rupert Murdoch and Elon musk because of course.”
https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/1624958933516316672
Columnist Jim Souhan tweeted, “Rupert Murdoch and Elon Musk sitting together. I assume Satan couldn’t make it because of a Nickelback concert.”
Rupert Murdoch and Elon Musk sitting together. I assume Satan couldn't make it because of a Nickelback concert.
— Jim Souhan (@SouhanStrib) February 13, 2023
The Intercept’s Jon Shwarz wrote, “One way we can tell Elon Musk is sincerely outraged by inaccuracy in the media is that he’s sitting next to Rupert Murdoch at the Super Bowl.”
One way we can tell Elon Musk is sincerely outraged by inaccuracy in the media is that he's sitting next to Rupert Murdoch at the Super Bowl pic.twitter.com/aydWTwcfeC
— ☀️ Jon Schwarz ☀️ (@schwarz) February 13, 2023
Journalist Nina Burleigh added, “Elon Musk with Rupert Murdoch at the Super Bowl: After reducing the formerly worth reading Twitter community to bots and oafs, taking a box seat with the Oz of Fake News.”
Elon Musk with Rupert Murdoch at the Super Bowl: After reducing the formerly worth reading Twitter community to bots and oafs, taking a box seat with the Oz of Fake News. pic.twitter.com/oJeWHPUWAj
— Nina Burleigh (@ninaburleigh) February 13, 2023
One user suggested they “can’t think of a worse duo.”
Elon Musk with Rupert Murdoch.
— Jack Cocchiarella (@JDCocchiarella) February 13, 2023
I can’t think of a worse duo. pic.twitter.com/f13FdEWZoG
See more reactions below:
Of course Fox News’ Rupert Murdoch and Elon Musk are sitting together at the Super Bowl.
— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) February 13, 2023
Everything makes too much sense. pic.twitter.com/or1hGKqZYf
Elon Musk sitting next to Rupert Murdoch at the Super Bowl.
— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) February 13, 2023
2 men who are working as hard as possible to destroy American democracy as they pretend to celebrate an American cultural moment. pic.twitter.com/Qza7poe18D
Rupert Murdoch and Elon Musk at the Super Bowl: the princes of darkness meet.
— Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) February 13, 2023
Elon Musk sitting next to Rupert Murdoch at the Super Bowl. Rightwing billionaire media moguls gotta stick together, I guess. But remember that image next time you hear Musk pretending to be anti-elitist or anti-Establishment or anti the media, or some kind of populist. Lol.
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) February 13, 2023
Any claims of serving truth or free speech or “the light of consciousness” or being anti-elite or a populist are very, very hard to defend when you choose to sit next to Rupert Murdoch, @elonmusk. pic.twitter.com/m1m5evO0Jz
— Kai Newkirk (@kai_newkirk) February 13, 2023
Elon Musk rails against "the media" but shares a Super Bowl box with Rupert Murdoch
— 🕷Dante Atkins🕷 (@DanteAtkins) February 13, 2023
Elon Musk is in a box at the Super Bowl with Rupert Murdoch.
— Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (@IBJIYONGI) February 13, 2023
NYT on his politics: “it’s really unclear!!”
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Musk himself appeared to share what he discussed with Murdoch during the game.
Responding to a tweet asking what they talked about, Musk replied, “Dogecoin.”
Dogecoin
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 13, 2023
Business Insider noted the tweet led the meme token to surge as much as 5% on Monday.
Musk has notably been a long-time advocate of dogecoin, as he adopted it as a form of payment in the merchandise store for his company Tesla, per Insider.
In December, The New York Times published an article about Musk’s politics titled, “Critics Say Musk Has Revealed Himself as a Conservative. It’s Not So Simple.”
The Times explained, “While he has not been shy about sharing his disdain for many Democrats, his enthusiasm for Republicans has been more muted. He has stressed repeatedly that his problems are with extremists on both ends of the political spectrum.”
Musk took to Twitter in November to comment on his politics.
“To be clear, my historical party affiliation has been Independent, with an actual voting history of entirely Democrat until this year,” Musk tweeted at the time.
He added, “And I’m open to the idea of voting Democrat again in the future.”