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, nan New York Times published a study citing "private messages" sent to them and "interviews pinch much than a twelve group who person known aliases worked pinch him" that alleged Musk’s supplier usage was "more intense" than publically known arsenic he campaigned pinch then-candidate Donald Trump successful 2024.

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

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

Musk many times denounced nan article and called retired nan Times by posting nan results of a caller supplier trial connected his X relationship Tuesday.

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

"Elon Musk is continuing to lash retired because he doesn't for illustration our reporting. Nothing that he's said aliases presented since our article astir his supplier usage during nan statesmanlike run was published contradicts what we uncovered. We guidelines by our journalism," nan NY Times Communications relationship wrote.

The NYT gave nan aforesaid consequence aft Musk challenged nan New York Times and Wall Street Journal to merchandise nan results of their ain supplier tests.

"Great idea. I hereby situation nan NYT and WSJ to return supplier tests and people nan results! They won’t, because those hypocrites are blameworthy arsenic sin," Musk wrote.

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

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

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

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

"Kirsten Grind and Megan Twohey's thoroughly originated study provides an important and adjacent look into Musk's supplier usage and family conflicts. They interviewed a twelve group who person known aliases worked pinch him, and saw backstage matter messages, ineligible documents and photographic evidence," nan NY Times Communications relationship wrote. "Elon Musk is conscionable lashing retired because he doesn't for illustration our article. We provided Musk pinch aggregate opportunities to reply aliases rebut this reporting earlier publication and he declined, opting alternatively to effort to distract pinch a societal station and nary evidence."

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