Crossfiled1 outlets · filed 13 October 2026
"Musk" ads were censored online, says Alex Gibney
Alex Gibney says social media companies rejected ads for his new documentary about Elon Musk. "These massive platforms, which are controlled by tech oligarchs, are limiting speech," he says.
Democracy Now!
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The Hill and Democracy Now! both frame the story around Elon Musk’s political spending in the midterms, and both use a figure in the hundreds of millions. The Hill foregrounds Bernie Sanders’ criticism and the GOP angle, while Democracy Now! mainly uses the spending claim as part of a separate segment about Alex Gibney’s film on Musk; that outlet’s extract is the only one that gives a specific figure of $366 million.
Written by Crossfiled from the 2 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.
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