Elon Musk entertains idea of buying MSNBC

Controversial billionaire Elon Musk responded to speculation that MSNBC could beryllium enactment up for sale, asking connected Friday however overmuch cablegram quality web would acceptable him back.

The Comcast media conglomerate announced Wednesday it planned to rotation immoderate of its NBCUniversal properties — including MSNBC, CNBC, USA, Oxygen and E! — into “a caller publically traded company.”

The announcement prompted immoderate societal media users, including Donald Trump Jr., to suggest the world’s richest antheral should bargain MSNBC.

Many of the left-leaning network’s hosts, including Joe Scarborough, Rachel Maddow and Mika Brzezinski, person been captious of Musk and the MAGA question helium supports.

“Hey @elonmusk I person the funniest thought ever!!!” Trump Jr. posted alongside a graphic joking that MSNBC would merchantability for the “best offer.”

“How overmuch does it cost?” replied Musk, whose current nett worth was estimated to person reached a grounds precocious of $321.7 cardinal connected Friday.

Musk’s effect was precise akin to the 1 helium gave successful 2017 erstwhile immoderate societal media users suggested helium bargain Twitter. Five years later, he spent $44 cardinal to acquisition the platform, which helium renamed X and has since utilized to beforehand his right-wing ideology and conspiracy theories.

“I mean it can’t beryllium much,” Trump Jr. wrote back. “Look astatine the ratings.”

MSNBC viewership reportedly plummeted 38% aft Election Day, according to The Wrap.

Musk’s banter with Trump Jr. continued, with the entrepreneur writing, “The astir entertaining outcome, particularly if ironic, is astir likely.”

While Comcast made nary notation of selling MSNBC to Musk, the big-spending tech wiz has proven helium tin instrumentality implicit companies despite resistance from their committee of directors, conscionable arsenic helium did with Twitter.

Speculation astir Musk buying a progressive cablegram quality web comes a week aft satirical tract The Onion announced it had purchased Alex Jones’ far-right “Infowars” empire successful a bankruptcy auction.

Jones was forced to merchantability the disgraced marque to fulfill a judgement against him successful transportation with the lies and conspiracy theories helium pushed astir the 2012 massacre astatine Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary School. A Texas justice has delayed that acquisition portion a Texas tribunal reviews details of the bidding process.