New York Times claims Elon Musk is 'continuing to lash out' at them over drug use report

The New York Times accused Tesla CEO Elon Musk of "lashing out" against them connected Tuesday.

In May, the New York Times published a study citing "private messages" sent to them and "interviews with much than a twelve radical who person known oregon worked with him" that alleged Musk’s cause usage was "more intense" than publically known arsenic helium campaigned with then-candidate Donald Trump successful 2024.

"Mr. Musk’s cause depletion went good beyond occasional use," the NYT reported. "He told radical helium was taking truthful overmuch ketamine, a almighty anesthetic, that it was affecting his bladder, a known effect of chronic use. He took Ecstasy and psychedelic mushrooms. And helium traveled with a regular medicine container that held astir 20 pills, including ones with the markings of the stimulant Adderall, according to a photograph of the container and radical who person seen it."

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DOGE person Elon Musk has been deed with 96% antagonistic sum connected ABC, NBC and CBS evening newscasts, according to the Media Research Center.  (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Musk repeatedly denounced the nonfiction and called retired the Times by posting the results of a caller cause trial connected his X relationship Tuesday.

The paper's communications squad responded to the results, saying that Musk was "continuing to lash out" against them and stood by the story.

"Elon Musk is continuing to lash retired due to the fact that helium doesn't similar our reporting. Nothing that he's said oregon presented since our nonfiction astir his cause usage during the statesmanlike run was published contradicts what we uncovered. We basal by our journalism," the NY Times Communications relationship wrote.

The NYT gave the aforesaid effect aft Musk challenged the New York Times and Wall Street Journal to merchandise the results of their ain cause tests.

"Great idea. I hereby situation the NYT and WSJ to instrumentality cause tests and people the results! They won’t, due to the fact that those hypocrites are blameworthy arsenic sin," Musk wrote.

The back-and-forth betwixt the New York Times and Musk has been ongoing since the article was published connected May 30. 

One time aft the communicative was published, Musk wrote connected X that the NYT was "lying their a-- off" and insisted that helium had not taken ketamine successful years.

The NY Times Communications relationship pushed backmost connected Musk astatine the time, likewise accusing Musk of "lashing out" but with "no evidence."

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Elon Musk has been attacking the New York Times implicit its study connected his alleged cause usage successful 2024. (Nathan Laine/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

"Kirsten Grind and Megan Twohey's thoroughly sourced study provides an important and just look into Musk's cause usage and household conflicts. They interviewed a twelve radical who person known oregon worked with him, and saw backstage substance messages, ineligible documents and photographic evidence," the NY Times Communications relationship wrote. "Elon Musk is conscionable lashing retired due to the fact that helium doesn't similar our article. We provided Musk with aggregate opportunities to reply oregon rebut this reporting earlier work and helium declined, opting alternatively to effort to distract with a societal station and nary evidence."

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