Elon Musk and Cory Booker made similar salutes but media reacted much differently

The media hyperventilated earlier this twelvemonth erstwhile Elon Musk made a motion that his critics from the near insisted was a Nazi salute, but person turned a unsighted oculus to Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., doing a akin move. 

Musk was famously accused of doing the Nazi salute successful January portion celebrating President Donald Trump’s inauguration astatine the Capital One Arena successful Washington, D.C., erstwhile the Tesla mogul placed his manus implicit his bosom and rapidly extended it successful a question that startled wide pundits. Booker made a akin motion connected Saturday erstwhile helium capped disconnected a code to the California Democratic Party's normal by placing his close manus connected his thorax earlier raising it to the crowd. 

When Musk made the motion, helium told the assemblage helium wanted to convey Trump supporters "from my bosom to yours," but galore rapidly accused Musk of the Nazi-era salute.

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The media hyperventilated earlier this twelvemonth erstwhile Elon Musk made a motion that his critics from the near insisted was a Nazi salute, but person turned a unsighted oculus to Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., doing a akin move. (Fox News)

"That salute was evocative of things we’ve seen done history," CNN big Kasie Hunt said astatine the time. "It’s not thing you typically spot astatine American governmental rallies." 

CNN commentator Catherine Rampell accused Musk of making 2 "Sieg Heil" salutes.

Speaking with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, erstwhile Democratic vice statesmanlike nominee Tim Walz suggested Musk had fixed a "Nazi salute" astatine a Trump inauguration rally.

"Of people helium did," Walz told Maddow. 

In contrast, arsenic of Monday morning, CNN and MSNBC had ignored Booker’s gesture, according to a hunt of respective transcripts utilizing Grabien. 

The New York Times ran a lengthy portion successful January headlined, "What Elon Musk’s Salute Was All About," which asked, "So was it a Hitler salute oregon wasn’t it?"

"The straight-arm salute has meant precise antithetic things successful antithetic places and during antithetic periods of history. But astatine a clip erstwhile the acold close is erstwhile again connected the rise, the mentation of this motion being performed deliberately and publically was straightforward — particularly successful Germany, wherever the salute’s past lingers astir powerfully," Times Berlin bureau main Katrin Bennhold wrote. 

The Times had not covered Booker’s motion arsenic of Monday morning. 

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Sen. Cory Booker addressed the California Democratic normal astatine the Anaheim Convention Center.  (Fox News)

The Associated Press published a headline, "Musk’s straight-arm motion embraced by right-wing extremists careless of what helium meant," that declared the billionaire "elicited outrage" successful Europe, wherever the salute "is associated with the hate, decease and demolition of World War II." 

The AP had not enactment a spotlight connected Booker’s motion arsenic of Monday morning. 

The PBS News Hour X relationship posted that Musk "gave what appeared to beryllium a fascist salute." The Guardian ran the header "Elon Musk appears to marque back-to-back fascist salutes astatine inauguration rally." 

PBS and The Guardian person some ignored Booker’s gesture. 

Politico besides covered Musk with the headline, "Elon Musk’s ‘Nazi’ salute sparks fury from Europe’s near wing," but has fixed a walk to Booker much than 24 hours aft his gesture. 

The Washington Post published a report, "Elon Musk’s inauguration salute stokes statement successful Congress, Europe," but has skipped the Booker gesture. 

USA Today, Reuters and Axios each besides covered the Musk wave, but not Booker’s version. 

ABC News, NBC News and CBS News did not screen Booker’s motion done Monday’s greeting newscasts.

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Heritage Foundation media chap Tim Young believes this is yet different "of the galore instances wherever you spot a wide media bias against thing related to Trump."

"Cory Booker and Elon Musk intelligibly made the nonstop aforesaid gesture, a question that starts implicit their bosom past ‘sends their love’ to the assemblage they’re speaking to. Neither person ever supported Nazis nor the Nazi Party, but the media created the prevarication astir Elon to enactment their mendacious ‘Trump is virtually Hitler’ communicative and garbage to subordinate that aforesaid communicative with immoderate Democrat, nary substance however nonstop the question was," Young told Fox News Digital. 

"It’s exhausting to spot however biased bequest media has become," Young continued. "Similar to covering up for Joe Biden’s evident declining health, this is conscionable a mendacious communicative to degrade conservatives and marque the near look similar the winners."

Fox News Digital reached retired to CNN, MSNBC, The New York Times, AP, Axios, USA Today, Politico, Reuters, The Guardian, PBS and the Washington Post for comment.

Elon Musk precocious departed the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency. (Getty Images)

Musk has noticed that Booker has gotten a pass. 

"Legacy media is 1 large psy op," Musk wrote connected X Sunday. 

Musk deed backmost astatine the accusations successful January, stating, "Frankly, they request amended soiled tricks. The 'everyone is Hitler' onslaught is sooo tired." 

While the media pounced, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) issued a connection defending Musk, saying that helium had made an "awkward motion successful a infinitesimal of enthusiasm, not a Nazi salute."

"In this moment, each sides should springiness each 1 different a spot of grace, possibly adjacent the payment of the uncertainty and instrumentality a breath," the connection said. 

Booker’s squad has attempted to downplay the akin manus gesture. 

"Cory Booker was evidently conscionable waving to the crowd. Anyone who claims his question is the aforesaid arsenic Elon Musk’s motion is operating successful atrocious faith. The differences betwixt the 2 are evident to anyone without an agenda," a Booker spokesperson told Forbes. 

Booker's bureau did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment. 

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Fox News Digital’s Emma Colton, David Spector, Gabriel Hays and Joseph A. Wulfsohn contributed to this report.