All posts tagged "The Economist"

MAGA tech billionaire Elon Musk was fact-checked during an interview, and online critics reacted by piling on humiliation.

During an interview with The Economist, a British news outlet, Musk faced scrutiny of his X posts as an interviewer explained how he mischaracterized the United Kingdom.

"You have close to 250 million followers on X. You say things like 'civil war in Britain is inevitable. Just a question of when.'" The interviewer pointed out before asking Musk when he last came to the UK. Musk said it had been "a few years ago."...

Democrats are being urged to follow Donald Trump's lead when it comes to communicating with red state voters, according to Thomas Schaller, a political science professor and guest on "The Daily Blast" podcast from The New Republic.

Schaller discussed his book, "White Rural Rage," with host Greg Sargent on Monday.

Sargent asked how Democrats can "go into red America, into some of these swingy House districts, some of these red states, some of these red House districts, which I think are going to be in play in 2026, and...win over two, three, four points among those demographics? How do they talk about the tariffs? How do they talk about Trump? What do they say?"...

If a magazine proudly lables itself "The Economist," you would expect that publication to understand the economic burdens of today's youth. But when a tone deaf writer at the magazine tweets an article asking "Why aren't millennials buying diamonds" it pretty much sums up how oblivious some can be in matters they're supposed to be experts in.