Overview

• At a June 1 Oval Office press conference, Fox’s Peter Doocy pressed Musk on a New York Times report alleging frequent ecstasy and psychedelic mushroom use with resulting bladder damage.
• Musk declined to address the drug allegations and instead accused the Times of false reporting on President Trump’s connections to Russia.
• Howard Kurtz labeled Musk’s response a clear deflection and criticized his pivot to unrelated past news.
• Fox panelist Tomi Lahren dismissed the story as irrelevant to everyday Americans and said it did not hinder Musk’s record of $150 billion in budget cuts.
• Lahren also questioned the credibility of the Times’ evidence and called the report a “nothing burger.”