Elon Musk Too Chicken to Face Jon Stewart for a "Daily Show" Interview

It's been more than a week since Elon Musk offered to go on "The Daily Show" — and it appears that he's already backing out. On Monday evening, Stewart took the unelected billionaire head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to task for not following up on his claim that he would sit for an interview if it "airs unedited" — which is, as the newly returned host notes, how it always goes for in-studio appearances. After the show's account said Stewart would be "delighted" to bring Musk on, however, the SpaceX and Tesla owner issued a cryptic quip saying that is Stewart "much more a propagandist than it would seem." Though it's not an outright refusal, that comment coming in the days after the "Daily Show" host publicly challenged Musk to play ball suggests that, as he did with his abandoned cage match with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg back in 2023, be trying to weasel his way out of an interview that would almost certainly make him look foolish and unprepared. Dispel ... Read full article.