Elon full BBC interview 12 April 2023

[@Joenzinator]

Unlike a politician, he actually tries to answer every question the reporter throws at him. This is what a genuine person looks like.

[@gkmanagementservices]

Really? Ask him when fsd is coming out? Then you will see how genuine he really is…

[@IzzyIkigai]

Just because he's talking more doesn't mean he's saying anything. If Elon was genuine he wouldn't be critizised so much for being a lying shit. Ge literally got fucked by a state agency for manipulating markets with all the "genuine" words he put out there in the past years

[@carllewis7964]

@@gkmanagementservices as genuine as who???

[@gkmanagementservices]

@@carllewis7964 argue with facts or go back to science class as per your logic. Im not pretending to save the environment and free speech…

[@mattsmith4027]

Really, I don't disagree with Elon's approach but he uses rhetorical tricks common to politicians. He uses quite a few rhetorical devices to get out of answering questions he doesn't want to discuss. To be clear I'm not criticising Elon this is what public figures need to do but he approaches this interview as a media trained figure and deploys rhetorical devices often used in interviews that might involve questions that will involve information you don't want to reveal but these are very much the tools of politicians. Like the tone is a bit more casual and shoot from the hip but other than that to my eye a politician under fire could sound a lot like this.

[@smygba]

The reporter did a terrible, terrible job here. Opportunity of a lifetime to speak to Musk and he messed it up.

[@zakapholiac9377]

@@PeacefulBrit and came woefully unprepared. It was pathetic

[@tsilikasp]

But he gave us the opportunity to laugh at him

[@tsilikasp]

​@@PeacefulBrit Nailed it. Reminds me of some Jordan Peterson "interviewers"

[@techpjman]

Definitely made himself laughable lol

[@manewry66tw]

I watch BBC regularly for over 5years. I have never seen this guy. At some level it feels to me like this interview is sort of staged.

[@varmoes]

In other words, we've just witnessed a prime example why you shouldn't play semantic games with Elon or get ready to get steamrolled.

[@cwg9238]

semantics can be interesting arguments. this was just a pathetic attempt at gaslighting.

[@saywhatnow57]

This could only be better if the Bill Clinton Kid had taken Elon's place for this interview.

[@BBQ-King-s6j]

Elon is a genuine, righteous, smart person. Don’t try to put a man like this in the corner. It won’t work out for you.

[@Will.G33]

Do you actually know who you are talking to? Do you actually? 🥴🥴.........😂

[@robbecorne7771]

So much respect to Elon.. Talking to someone who tries to drag you down is very exhausting. An interview should be informative for us. Not a battle

[@skibidiCornPop]

Elon speaking in pure plain English: “You just lied!” 💀 😂

[@mikeramia]

Elon kept referring back to BBC, and laughing at his own 🍆 joke. Absolute Legend

[@Jedi1993]

thanks champ, I knew the BBC wouldn't release the full interview!

[@RONMAYS71]

Passive aggressive interviewer style, Elon is Awesome, he understands what is happening.

[@error.delete4945]

Tbf this is normal for the BBC. The issue is playing devil's advocate when you don't have basic facts and figures to back up your accusations then you end up looking like a biased tool, like this guy.

[@barryyoung]

This is where the BBC are at. They have gone from a trusted, respected, impartial organisation to this… Embarrassing

[@roberttaylor-branco3217]

This is unfortunately where basically every news organization has gone. Actual reporters unfortunately barely exist anymore

[@rachelstephens3656]

I'm not entirely certain, given the enlightenment of the last decade, that any of the news media has ever been trusted, respected, or impartial. They've simply been incredibly successful in convincing their audiences that they were.

[@illyrian9976]

​@@rachelstephens3656 While it's true that they always lied to some degree, there is no question about it that the situation has gotten much worse in the last few years, especialy since 2015

[@RICHtheLAWSON]

The interviewer was an absolute tool. NEVER and I mean NEVER go up against a genius without doing any homework. I'm a Brit and I'm ashamed of this reporter and the BBC.

[@scotty3463]

This is why Musk is a genius: basically what he has done here is set up an interview knowing that the BBC would try to do a hatchet job on him and then used this to expose the BBC for their misinformation and brainwashing while highlighting his point that freedom of speech is more important now than ever. Probably the best interview I've seen.

[@ThatDudeLarzFoo-ah]

A legit Master-Class on Elon’s part here. Being Interviewed by an Ass-Hat:101

[@basharstats4482]

actually this guy showed up unannounced at Twitter headquarters and asked for an interview with Elon fully expecting to be turned down but to his surprise Elon agreed and live streamed it on Twitter. otherwise we would have never seen complete footage as BBC edited out the whole thing and aired like 5 minutes of this

[@BlackSailPass_GuitarCovers]

22:55 is the momemt that he questions the BBC about vaccine injury. Every major media outlet ignored this part, just as the interviewer ignored the question, but it's another step towards being able to have this conversation as a society.

[@wodenoftheangles3339]

I'm British, I have to pay for the BBC by force of law! Its become an embarrassment!

[@thiagocastro2198]

Dishonesty can’t win honesty… this is why Elon won every second of this interview.

[@Wangster007]

yes!

[@dogworldonline1189]

I was indifferent to Musk prior to the Twitter buy. Now I'm a HUGE Elon Musk fan. I like this guy.

[@lesahenderson7365]

Me too 🙂

[@timgill2003]

Hey kids, if you fail to get a job at McDonalds, you could always try modern-day journalism.

[@chrisstixx2278]

He has his phone on him, why would this reporter argue points without having examples on hand?

[@theinqov]

Years ago Musk had a dispute with the BBC about the way Top Gear represented the Tesla car used by Top Gear, it was quite damaging to Tesla. He accused them of outright lying. That is almost certainly what he was referring to in this interview but he did not actually mention it. I like Clarkson and Top Gear even if they did lie then. The fact Musk didn't mention it. He is a class act really. It is strange that the BBC were given the chance to have an interview with a man who is achieving so much on a planetary level, he is really in the elite of people on the planet and they set the interview up to go this way? Such a waste opportunity for them.

[@thevishalln]

Elon wanted to be friendly lot of times in this. This guy had it coming and deserved it

[@kurtkozyrski9500]

"The average citizen knows more than the journalist" what a line.

[@toffotin]

Oh man, this is one of the most infuriating interviews I have ever seen. Feels like the interviewer has a list of accusations and he just goes through them and doesn't really even listen to the answers. Then when Elon has an answer he seems annoyed.

[@monatavafzadeh439]

You could at least hire a competent interviewer for interviewing this great man

[@triluique]

16:05 Elon Musk: "Free speech is meaningless unless you allow people you don't like to say things you don't like. Otherwise it's irrelevant."

[@gregazajko]

AMEN SO it is

[@stormshadow2012]

Elon has exposed how third class "journalist" have become, gone are the days when journalist had integrity and could ask "real" questions.... Elon is the way forward and kudos to him for exposing this charlatan.

[@DavidBernhard]

The journalist is totally out classed Elon is far beyond him.

[@bGzzzzz]

Media interpretation of this interview - “Elon tells BBC about painful Twitter takeover” EVERYONE else - “BBC journalist gets owned by Elon”

[@h4f3ou5h]

"do you like BBC?" 😂

[@Itsjstme748]

I listened to this live on space calls. The bbc journalist was not prepared to what was coming. Elon was a brilliant.

[@bicbiro1116]

As a person from England.....we don't claim him, chaps.

[@dodieodie498]

I love that when Elon asked him to give an example of "hate speech", the interviewer went into a Porky Pig imitation. "Ba dee buh dee buh dee.....That's all folks!"

[@joachimescura6891]

We love you, Elon! More people love you, great dude. You're an awesome guy, Keep up the good work.

[@brockvictorparaf97]

Every single question this man asked was in bad faith.

[@lesahenderson7365]

EXACTLY ‼️

[@Thumper68]

This guy shouldn’t of ever been given this much of Elon’s time period.

[@mattallen7667]

The fact that the interviewer said he has not used twitter in 3 weeks before this interview says it all. If you're going to be interviewing the CEO of twitter about how its going since he took over, but you aren't going to use the platform/app 3 weeks prior to the interview is absurd!! I take my hat off to Elon, he came to the interview more prepared than this BBC clown and could have could have embarrassed the reporter even further but didn't. Elon is a true gentleman!

[@lesahenderson7365]

Yes, SIR❗️

He's job is not to test Twitter. Also, how much notice do you think he got before the interview? Because you sound like you think it was at least 3 weeks...

[@RGuard]

Amen!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ravenking2458]

​@But he should've come up with something solid cause he's interviewing him.

@@ravenking2458 Yeah, should have but he couldn't. But that's not a reason to congratulate Elon, unless someone thinks his job is to out BS reporters. On a side note: the reporter said he was given a short notice so no wonder he couldn't prepare better. On another side note, while Elon was lying/avoiding the question about advertisers and claimed that "most of them" are or will be back on board soon, 2-3 months later Twitter ad revenues are officially down 50%. What a genius!

[@steugris6895]

POV you’re a journalist and one of your question is “what was we talking about ?” GOLD

[@Aitch2020]

The bbc journalist got shamed and shut down throughout the interview. Now I know exactly why Elon is a genius billionaire !

[@Aitch2020]

@@m.e.5313 sounds like being dumb and clueless is your Forte. Keep it up.

[@Trippster]

@@m.e.5313 most self-made billionaires are smart and quick-witted. That’s it. The comment is likely more a compliment and not too serious.

[@faikerdogan2802]

Dam if dismantling a person who can't substantiate his claims make u genius then iam one too 😂

[@Aitch2020]

@@faikerdogan2802 I'm sure you also use that same logic to be an Armenian genocide denier.

[@faikerdogan2802]

@@Aitch2020 no, I use it to not deny

[@walken199]

The journalist only purpose was to corner Elon and instead Elon cornered the journalist

[@WnxAC]

What a car crash for the BBC, Epic.

[@WnxAC]

​@@threatened2024​ If this is the edited version i would love to see the original!

[@elitesoccerblogs4947]

Sad that Elon had to waste his time with this interviewer.

[@johnnk3256]

In 10 years, Twitter will be making bank. And BBC will be crying about Capitalism. 😂😂😂

[@markd288]

hope that'll be true.

[@GreaterIsHeAmen]

This interviewer got destroyed by Elon. Great job on standing your ground Elon

[@yaymanss]

Why are we hating on the interviewer, because of him we got to witness this piece of gem.

[@johnowens5342]

Punching target?😂🤣😂

[@handlesareweird]

I was thinking the same thing. That said, I can't stop myself from hating on the interviewer because I genuinely do hate him ;P

[@firstnamelastname6216]

Lol good point.

[@Hagia-Sofia-Must-Be-Restored]

it's hilarious how they deleted their own interview, bunch of clowns

[@paulrampersaud7601]

They came to destroy Elon based on their scripted questions Elon made them look like comedy show 😃

[@SBCMOFO]

That Interviewer is an embarrassment

[@Movies4118]

The BBC reporter decided to go toe-to-toe against Musk and got his ass handed to him.

[@shelbyfanman]

So much bias from this BBC chap. Elons honesty really shines through

[@GearsGirlsGuitars]

Childish 'gotcha' journalism vs. actual orientation towards truth

[@katharinanikol4206]

Absolutely destroyed this interviewer, really well countered by Elon and so psychologically great, his BS meter is remarkable, he deserves my respect here...

[@jimmyhendrickx6732]

If I'm right, instead of Twitter, BBC got unmasked here.

[@ameydeshmukh3161]

Who is here to see only those 5 minutes when Elon roasted the BBC interviewer 😂

[@ljuan5000]

😂

[@panTadzik]

Audio & video :D :D :D Is there any fundrising action to buy BBC a microphone?

[@axe6279]

Too many people not paying the license fee.

[@kweiss334]

This is the most bad faith interview I’ve seen in a while. The number of times this interviewer cut Elon off and changed subjects, aggressively, was ludicrous

[@lesahenderson7365]

Yes. I think the same thing!

[@X99Zero]

This guy is now making photocopies in BBCs basement

[@siegfriedbraun5447]

Nah, he's failed upwards and is now training new reporters/interviewers.

[@slipperysebastian]

Why was this full interview so hard to find

[@j.r5159]

Why do you think?

[@trollsomekiddo-ch1kj]

​@@j.r5159censorship I guess??

[@mlickley]

What a terrible and unprofessional handling of an interview by the journalist! Embarrassing!

[@maximilianadair3237]

He's terribvle and unprepared. There is so much evidence of hate speech, guy is a joke

[@mamory3791]

The longest hour in this journalist's life!

[@willemhaifetz-chen1588]

He was not well prepared.

[@ThatDudeLarzFoo-ah]

His palms were sweaty for sure. lol

[@RahulKumar-ng2gh]

@@ThatDudeLarzFoo-ah but his mother doesn't prepare spaghetti

[@ThatDudeLarzFoo-ah]

@@RahulKumar-ng2gh My Man! Haha.

[@Silmaga811]

Only difference between BBC and CNN is the accent. Name one offensive tweet, just one. Do your homework BBC. Be honest. Amateur hour.

[@fancy134ify]

💯💯💯🎯

[@TheDonMan97]

Wonder why BBC couldn't upload this to their channel themselves hahahaha

[@hattorihongzo]

BBC gets a full hour with Elon Musk and they send in this clown who did nothing to prepare for it? He is so unprepared . . . it's kind of stupefying to watch.

[@harryleek9416]

He did prepare but he's a lefty nutjob hence the slant of his questions.

[@MichaelOdendaal]

This reporter takes such an attacking approach yet doesn’t have the knowledge to back up the attacks…

[@jonmatthews4254]

James has graduated to the Cathy Newman level of "Journalist". Fail to prepare, prepare to fail!

[@ruttolomeo1987]

You may like Elon Musk or you may not, but I believe that if you get the chance of an interview with him you should approach this opportunity very well-aware of having in front of you someone who can arguably be considered one of the smartest men alive. This kid showed arrogance and wasn’t well-prepared for the task.

[@bernadettepellow-jarman3181]

Elon Musk got the better of the interviewer all the time. He is brilliant. There isn’t a man born who could do that.

[@jaywilldoit]

This guy wasn’t listening to a word Elon was saying, he had his own agenda from the get go, and he kept twitching and itching to ask the next loaded question.

[@mullybarr9119]

Exactly..He's a lightweight interviewer who is way out of his depth..✌️

[@triluique]

I agree. I was also surprised to see a BBC reporter spending so much time looking at his phone...

[@MegaDudeman21]

He has no sense of humor or chemistry at all

[@Knk.07]

*Summary* Clayton: "I've seen more hateful content." Elon: "Name one." Clayton: "I don't actually use that feed anymore...Let's move on!" Clayton's career is over 😂😂😂 BBC is such a joke!

[@avarmauk]

“You just lied” 😂😂😂 Elon calling out BS is so satisfying

[@geriburgener6447]

This journalist just got properly BBCd..

[@Nugget721]

Where did the bbc find this dude? Lmao

[@KonJonnorMusic]

Hands down the best video I've ever seen on KZbin! This is the moment Elon Musk turns from hero to superhero. Just amazing 👏

[@rajiya1980]

Elon mask agrees to give 60mins of his time and BBC picks their best talent for the interview :)

[@goldenkro]

Thanks for uploading this, actually not easy to find full vid

[@Dayfitnl]

Media doing everything they can to hide it, including KZbin.

[@azzakean]

I love how upfront and honest Elon is. It took the interviewer by surprise 😂

[@WoolandFlax]

I think that's what shook him up

[@joohelenaconrad5760]

Interviewing one of the smartest people alive requires an equal … the BBC journalist def did not do his homework…

[@Croatoan879]

It's pretty clear that this interviewer went in with his own answers and was made to look like a biased fool

[@nathanswinnerton9234]

He messed up big time. And also twitter has definitely been better under Elon than pre Elon.

[@nunyaburts1246]

When the guy your interviewing is way, way smarter than you and your producers combined.

[@lesahenderson7365]

Yeah. The BBC and their stooge should have come into this conversation fairly and it may have been a good experience for everyone.

[@alanjordan6372]

Terrible journalism! Maybe Elon should takeover the BBC and sack him.

[@aristides193]

21:53 logic is a beautiful thing

[@justinliu1014]

LMAO

[@glaDos-]

When you studied journalism at Mc Donalds.

[@cornhusker93]

A reasonable man in an unreasonable time in our culture. Everyone can learn something from this interview

[@jefffulton3058]

This was painful to watch. The dichotomy between the reporter's smugness and complete lack of preparation or thoughtful commentary is truly something to behold. He clearly thought this was going to be his big chance to stick it to Elon but went down Hindenburg style.

[@michael_cec4]

This will go down as one of the greatest interviews of all time

[@ClintHowen]

The reporter doesn’t have the skills to have a genuine discussion.

[@askaliu2943]

"free speech is meaningless, unless you let people you don't like, say things you don't like" AMEN to that 🙏

[@stevemcmahon100]

This is the quote of the century.

[@BOBFATHER1986]

Absolutely shocking interviewer. Very rare we get to watch an interview with Elon these days, BBC should’ve shown some respect and sent the best they had 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@beatapanek]

Bbc doesnt have any 'best'

[@StupidUsername1243]

Plot twist: this is the "best" they had

[@maggiemondo7459]

If this journalist's plan was to show Elon Musk in a bad light, then the result has been the complete opposite. Well done, Elon, because I am now a fan !

[@korycassel5197]

I think his intolerance for bullshit has a lot to do with how he became so rich. It was glorious how he nailed the journalist to the cross about his "I've personally seen more hate" line. I shudder to think how many of Elon's employees have been grilled like that over the years.

[@paulferreira7425]

@@korycassel5197 and ex wives

[@antifanniesdownfall]

If you ever wanted a side by side comparison of a genuinely intelligent person, and somebody who THINKS they are intelligent - here it is folks.

[@desertsdestiny5483]

No, they are both lunatics

[@1i2cVision]

@@desertsdestiny5483 I hadn't trusted Elon Musk of recent years, but actually feel that buying Twitter has changed something about him. I trul;y believe he didn't want to buy this and yet ended up falling into a trap. I think he has seen first hand how the game is played and got stung, but has something inside that has decided to change sides and perspective. If he is asking questons of who the BBC thinks it is, that's not a bad thing. Most people with intelligence know that the 2020's has become controlled and there is something very deceitful occurring.

[@petestan]

This interviewer is definitely on some pretty strong stuff. He’s like a mascot for everything that’s wrong with society. Surprised he’s not wearing a mask and shouting pronouns.

[@queenalabama1736]

One of the most interesting and hilarious Elon interviews. Loved it 😂

[@hadnox]

Reading the interviewer's body language, he was thinking of the next thing to say / ask instead of listening. Definitely came with an agenda

[@RGuard]

YEP, and he failed!

[@wilsonroofer]

We need jordan peterson and elon to do a podcast

[@johnowens5342]

It would be epic

[@MrX-wt5in]

I have to say that it always makes me happy to hear Elon laugh. He works so hard. His laughter makes me think that he has some balance in his life.

[@rosslomath]

The public in the UK fund the BBC through a TV licence fee mandated by the government, so basically it publicly funded with the government holding a gun to the public's head, not funded by choice or value of the content created. You have to pay if you have a TV even if you never watch the BBC

[@infinitydreamzz]

That's why "publicly funded" is an inaccurate description, "state sponsored" would be more correct

[@stevenkaralius]

Not paid mine for 7 years

[@rosslomath]

@@stevenkaralius how much time and effort did that take you?

[@gkbhai8962]

This journalist has not prepared for this interview and did a very bad job at it.

[@JohnBlackdog]

The interviewer epitomizes the word snarky. Payback will be him being remembered forever for how badly he was dominated by Musk. Kind of like Kathy Newman will always be haunted by her Jordan Peterson fiasco.

[@Hello11235]

Thanks for uploading the full interview. I Hate short clips,it is such an easy way to manipulate information. You have to watch the whole thing and make up your OWN mind. Musk killed it, love his sense of humour and his absolute quest for truth and the defense of free speech. Go Musk!

[@troyy2322]

How not to be a journalist provided to you by the BBC

[@Horstveratu]

its like a grown man is beating up a disabled child... just fire that interviewer and send him back to school

[@kevinmathis1278]

Elon went one step further and took him to school. He's a generous man.

[@Linda-vx8ik]

Now I understand why a lot of mainstream media hate Elon. He is far more smarter than them and doesn’t been easily manipulated.

[@Littlebittyrose]

Smart🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@deez994]

@@Littlebittyrose uhh yes he went to Penn and Stanford bro. Ur probably at a no name state school…this dude is way smarter than anybody you know if your crappy midwestern town

[@Willismcnillis]

@@Littlebittyrose laughing at the gazillionaire whilst probably stocking the shelves in Walmart. It must be great up there to look down on Elon 😂

[@Littlebittyrose]

@@Willismcnillis I don't look up Elon's butt like some. And if your looking for work kid....I am not hiring! Good luck to you at McDonalds! By the way kid...I own 10 locations! Bye clown

[@Littlebittyrose]

@@Willismcnillis Love how the musk lemming resort to crap like that. Typical!

[@mainjanseula8031]

Thanks for posting the whole thing!!! 🎉🎉