Sanford: We can welcome Musk to Memphis without embracing his views
Elon Musk appears at an event in London, on Nov. 2, 2023. On Wednesday, June 12, 2024, Musk dropped his lawsuit against OpenAI just ahead of a scheduled hearing. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool, File)
Otis Sanford
Otis Sanford is professor emeritus of Journalism and Strategic Media at the University of Memphis and political commentator for WATN-TV ABC24 News. Contact him at o.sanford@memphis.edu. Follow him on Twitter @otissanford.
The billionaire owner of SpaceX and the largest shareholder of Tesla Inc. has been heavily criticized for being tolerant of antisemitic and white nationalist content on the X platform since he bought it in 2022.
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