Elon Musk's 'SNL' Gig Doesn't Have to Be a Moral Reckoning
The Atlantic Elon Musk’s critics are trying to dragoon Saturday Night Live into a needless political fight. 7:00 AM ET Maja Hitij / Getty Over the weekend, NBC announced that Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, will host the next episode of Saturday Night Live. This decision makes business sense, because Musk has a large fan base. It makes creative sense, too: His eccentricity is good fodder for sketch comedy. But critics began objecting on moral grounds, first on social media, where some adopted the hashtag #boycottSNL, then in the press, where progressive anger on Twitte...
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