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☆ Ayo Edebiri: Why ‘The Bear’ star is ruling the red carpet
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Nicole Mowbray | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The breakout star of hit series “The Bear,” has proven that her ability to dazzle extends well beyond the screen. Over the last two weeks, Ayo Edebiri has taken home a Golden Globe, a Critics’ Choice award and a Primetime Emmy for her portrayal of Sydney Adamu — swapping her chef’s whites for some seriously good red carpet looks. The 28-year-old, Boston-born actor has been bringing joy to the red carpet for a couple of years now, with her adventurous approach to red carpet dressing. Neilson Barnard/Getty ImagesThe Critics Choice Awards on January 14, 2024, called for a white suit by The Row. Amy Sussman/WireImage/Getty ImagesIn Thom Browne, one of Ayo Edebiri's labels of choice, this time with a train at the Critics Choice Awards on January 15, 2023.

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☆ Opinion: The problem with the UK’s ban of FKA twigs’ Calvin Klein ad
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Opinion Jill Filipovic | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

In the ad, FKA twigs looks directly at the camera. What’s clear, though, is that the Jeremy Allen White ads expose much more of his body than the FKA twigs ad exposes of hers. And the FKA twigs ad isn’t the only one in which a woman appears partly nude to advertise her Calvins. And in another, she’s wearing just socks and underwear with no top — again covering her breasts with her arms, but, like FKA twigs, also exposing the side of her leg, torso, arm and breast; unlike FKA twigs, she’s sitting rounded over, in a less stereotypically powerful, and more passive-appearing, position. The Calvin Klein company said its ad was from a partnership with FKA twigs, a confident and empowered woman.

Persons: Jill Filipovic, Calvin Klein, Jeremy Allen White, she’s, Josephine Baker, Eartha Kitt, Grace Jones, “, Kendall Jenner, Jean Kilbourne, —, wasn’t “, ”, Brooke Shields, Shields, White, Jenner Organizations: Twitter, CNN, New York Times, Authority, Standards Agency Locations: New York

☆ Why Trump’s hold on evangelicals is so hard for DeSantis and Haley to break
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-14 | by ( Ron Brownstein | Analysis Ronald Brownstein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

Beyond Trump’s strong overall lead, the survey showed the former president attracting 51% support from Iowa evangelicals, far more than he drew in 2016. But Trump won the state by capturing 44% of evangelicals without a degree, double his share among the South Carolina evangelicals with a degree. This year, DeSantis will likely need to shake Trump’s hold on evangelical voters if he is to finish well enough in Iowa to remain a viable candidate after Monday. Asked if DeSantis can win evangelicals in Iowa on Monday, Vander Plaats pointedly responded: “I think he’ll do very well.”Compared to DeSantis, Haley isn’t betting on evangelical voters nearly as heavily in Iowa. Even in the most optimistic scenario for DeSantis or Haley, Trump’s hold on evangelicals without a college degree looks like a rock in the road for them.

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That sort of approach resonated in conservative strongholds like Alabama long before Trump. Alabama Democrats, especially, cite deep historical roots involving racism, class and urban-rural divides when explaining Wallace, Trump and the decades between them. Moderate to progressive “national Democrats” were concentrated in north Alabama, Baxley explained, while reactionary “states-rights Dixiecrats” cohered in south Alabama. Wallace won four Deep South states as an independent in 1968. Wallace won his fourth term as governor in 1982 after disavowing segregation and winning over enough Black voters.

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☆ Turkey prices are down. A deadly bird flu could change that
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —Egg and turkey prices are down. But a deadly bird flu is still threatening poultry flocks, turkey in particular. Turkey takes a hitThis year, turkey prices were low ahead of Thanksgiving — partially because turkey farmers expected an outbreak in the spring that didn’t really happen, boosting turkey supplies, explained Matt Busardo, poultry market reporter at Urner Barry. But the uptick of bird flu cases has hit turkey farms hard, and threatens to tighten supply in groceries this spring. In part that’s because unlike eggs, turkey isn’t a kitchen staple — meaning that higher prices could just lead people to skip that turkey sandwich after all.

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Periods of high inflation would offset those when inflation was low as occurred between the financial crisis and the pandemic. Those concerns may not matter anymore if the pandemic has driven inflation and interest rates chronically higher. Speaking at a Boston Fed labor market conference in November, Kohn said the new framework showed the risks of not keeping inflation at bay to begin with. "Probing" for maximum employment "can't ignore...inflation risks," Kohn said, calling for a return to a strategy disavowed in the last review. "I think preemptive tightening is best-practice central banking, and I hope they return to allowing that."

Persons: Joshua Roberts, Jerome Powell, There's, Miesha Williams, Powell, Charles Evans, Evans, Fed, Loretta Mester, Austan Goolsbee, Goolsbee, Donald Kohn, Kohn, Howard Schneider, Dan Burns, Andrea Ricci Organizations: Federal Reserve, REUTERS, Rights, U.S, Federal, Spelman College, Reuters, Chicago Fed, Chicago, Cleveland Fed, Boston Fed, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Atlanta

☆ 7 Kaleidoscopic Cookies to Keep Your Holidays Bright
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +10 min

If you make it a little bit too loose, you can always add a little bit more confectioner sugar in. It’ll fully dry after like six hours, but it’ll start to get a little bit crusty and a little bit thick. The most important thing to do and I know it feels like you don’t have to, I thought I didn’t have to when I first started working with royal icing, but it’s resting the royal icing. You’re going to decorate your cookies, and they’re going to look amazing. And then 30 minutes later, they’re going to bubble up on top of the cookies, and you don’t want that.

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☆ Orcas killed a great white shark for its liver in Australia, scientists confirmed, leaving the sharks one less place to hide
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Scientists confirmed that it was killed by orcas, who hunted the great white for its liver. AdvertisementIn October, reports of a great white shark's mangled carcass washing ashore in a town in Victoria, Australia sparked suspicion. Hunting great white sharks for their fatty liverA female killer whale and her newborn calf in Grays Harbor near Westport, Washington. One less place great whites can hide from liver-seeking orcasKiller whales hunt great white sharks in waters across the world. While Australia is an entirely different part of the world than South Africa, it's now one less place where great white sharks can hide from liver-seeking orcas.

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☆ Elon Musk, the world’s richest man remains, desperate for attention
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Elon Musk desperately wants to be liked, despite his pronouncement Wednesday that he doesn’t mind being hated. The sentiment is, like so much of Musk’s public persona, a lie designed to keep the public’s focus squarely on him. Watching the interview, even online, you can feel the awkward energy of that moment — cringeworthy for some, but seemingly invigorating for Musk. On Wednesday, Musk sought to shrug off his most recent anti-Jewish post as a “foolish” mistake that got misinterpreted by the media. Musk clearly has “a fairly straightforward case of internet brain rot,” as the Atlantic writer Charlie Warzel put it in a Threads post.

Persons: New York CNN — Elon Musk, “, ”, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Musk, Rich Guy, White, —, shrug, Charlie Warzel Organizations: New, New York CNN, New York Times DealBook, New York Times, Whites Locations: New York, California, Eastern Europe, Israel, Atlantic

☆ One identical twin went vegan while the other didn’t. See what happened
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

A vegan diet differs from a vegetarian diet in that it eliminates not only animal flesh but dairy, eggs or any other ingredient derived from animals. In each pair, one twin was assigned a vegan diet, while the other was assigned an omnivore diet. “I feel like a lot of people who do a vegan diet think ‘Oh great, soda is vegan. Cutting back on eating meat and animal byproducts can be done slowly, bit by bit. Harvard’s Hu agreed: “While this study showed a vegan diet may provide additional advantages compared to a healthy omnivorous diet, it does not mean that everyone should become a vegan or vegetarian.

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☆ Read Linda Yaccarino’s message to X employees about Elon Musk's controversial DealBook interview
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Jonathan Vanian | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Linda Yaccarino sent a memo to employees of X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday in the aftermath of Elon Musk's interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin, which she characterized to her staff as "candid" and "profound." Musk's original comments drew condemnation from the White House, which blasted Musk for promoting "antisemitic and racist hate." X owner and CTO Musk said during the interview. In the memo sent Thursday, Yaccarino told employees that the X owner "shared an unmatched and completely unvarnished perspective and vision for the future." You're at X because you have the courage and conviction to build and operationalize the most consequential platform that exists.

Persons: Linda Yaccarino, Elon Musk's, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Musk, Yaccarino, Linda, Elon Musk Organizations: White, Disney, Apple, X, SpaceX, Linda Watch Locations: xAI

Elon Musk hit out at brands that have pulled their advertising from X after he endorsed an antisemitic conspiracy theory on the social media platform. Mr. Musk apologized for the post at the DealBook Summit in New York on Wednesday, but said that the advertisers were attempting to “blackmail” him. His message for those brands was simple: “Don’t advertise” and used an expletive multiple times to emphasize his point. About 200 big advertisers, including Disney, Apple and IBM, stopped spending on X after Mr. Musk agreed with a post that accused Jewish communities of pushing “hatred against whites that they claim to want people to stop using against them.” If the freeze continues, it could end up costing the company up to $75 million this quarter, according to internal documents seen by The New York Times. Although Mr. Musk acknowledged that an extended boycott could bankrupt X, he suggested that the public would blame the brands rather than him for its collapse.

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, ” Organizations: Disney, Apple, IBM, The New York Times Locations: New York

Average life expectancy in the U.S. rebounded in 2022 by a little over a year following two straight declines, fueled largely by a drop in mortality tied to COVID-19. Still, last year’s increase in life expectancy was not large enough to put the U.S. back at its immediate pre-pandemic levels, instead placing it on par with life expectancy in the early 2000s. By gender, average life expectancy increased 1.3 years among men to 74.8 years in 2022, compared with a 0.9-year increase among women to 80.2 years. The gap in life expectancy between women and men also narrowed in 2022 to 5.4 years compared with 5.8 years in 2021. Life expectancy among Black people increased by 1.6 years from 71.2 in 2021 to 72.8 in 2022, according to the report.

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☆ VP Kamala Harris ducks questions on TikTok, Elon Musk antisemitic post
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during the New York Times annual DealBook summit on November 29, 2023 in New York City. Vice President Kamala Harris refused to speak Wednesday about two hot-button issues — TikTok regulation and the promotion by Elon Musk of an antisemitic conspiracy — despite the fact that the White House has taken strong stances on both topics. The vice president likewise ducked questions about Musk, the mega-billionaire head of Tesla , SpaceX, and X, the social media site where he recently boosted the antisemitic claim. The vice president's tight-lipped evasion Wednesday starkly contrasted with how vocal the White House has been on both TikTok and the Musk controversy. At the time of the post, however, the White House blasted Musk for appearing to support antisemitism on social media.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Elon Musk, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Harris, Elon, Ross Sorkin, Joe Biden, Biden, TikTok, Musk, Andrew Bates, Tesla Organizations: New York Times, Elon, White, CNBC, The New York Times, SpaceX, House, Pentagon Locations: New York City, TikTok, Israel, China, U.S, Ukraine

☆ How Elon Became an ‘Antisemite’
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Holman W. Jenkins | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Speaking at the 2022 Baron Funds Conference in New York, Elon Musk discussed the 'revenue challenges' he's facing at Twitter, and how a product plan conceived more than 20 years ago could see the social media platform become one of the most valuable companies in the world. Image: Baron Capital via AP/Anadolu Agency Composite: Mark KellyMajor papers like the Journal, New York Times and Washington Post report that advertisers are again fleeing the service previously known as Twitter because, these papers explain, owner Elon Musk endorsed “an antisemitic post.” But try confirming for yourself that the post was intelligibly antisemitic or intelligibly anything else for that matter. The perplexing issue is the noun. A user @breakingbaht expressed a lack of sympathy for “ Jewish communities” (emphasis added) that allegedly encouraged “the exact kind of dialectical hatred against whites that they claim to want people to stop using against them” while supporting immigration of “hordes of minorities.”

Persons: Elon Musk, Mark Kelly, “, ” Organizations: Funds, Twitter, Baron Capital, AP, Anadolu Agency, New York Times, Washington Post Locations: New York

☆ Israeli official says the country has reached a 'significant agreement' with Elon Musk to allow Starlink in Gaza, but only if approved by Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An Israeli official said Elon Musk agreed to terms to provide Starlink satellites over Gaza. Starlink can only operate over the Gaza Strip if Israel approves, the official said. AdvertisementStarlink can operate over Gaza, Israeli officials announced Monday, but only if the satellites have been approved by Israel. "As a result of this significant agreement, Starlink satellite units can only be operated in Israel with the approval of the Israeli Ministry of Communications, including the Gaza Strip." Representatives for Starlink and Israel's Ministry of Communications did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider.

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, —, Shlomo Karhi, Israel Organizations: Service, Israel, Ministry of Communications, of Communications, Israeli Ministry of Communications, Representatives, Starlink, Israel's Ministry of Communications, Business, Hamas Locations: Gaza, Israel, Western

☆ Opinion: Elon Musk’s Israel tour was transparently transactional and insulting
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Opinion Jill Filipovic | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Elon Musk is trying to make amends, or at least do damage control, after endorsing an antisemitic post on his platform X, formerly Twitter. The backlash to Musk’s comments on X was swift: Advertisers pulled their campaigns from X, and Musk came under international criticism. Musk’s Israel tour was transparently transactional and frankly insulting. A chat with Musk and a personal tour of Hamas’ devastation seems like it could have waited. Earlier this year, the ADL published a report documenting an increase in antisemitic content on X under Musk’s ownership.

Persons: Jill Filipovic, CNN — Elon Musk, isn’t, “, ‘ Hitler, ”, I’m, Musk, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, X, ” X, White, Jonathan Greenblatt, Greenblatt, ” Musk, George Soros, Soros, Dilbert, Scott Adams, tweeting Organizations: Twitter, CNN, Musk, Defamation League, Israeli, Hamas, Islamic State, Center, Media, ADL Locations: New York, Israel, Buffalo, Gaza, Europe, Hungarian

☆ Elon Musk’s quest in foreign affairs plagued by his own online behavior
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Washington CNN —Elon Musk is an increasingly important player in global affairs and has been touring the world to meet with political leaders in recent months. “We can observe Elon Musk’s Twitter/X activity that he regularly consumes right-wing content and this increased during COVID-19,” Facciani said in an email. More recently, however, Musk’s ambitions have come a bit closer to earth and become far more concrete. There are many world leaders who hold extreme or far-right views, of course. Musk’s outbursts that contradict widely held international norms and values are meant for a specific internet audience that Musk mistakes for being representative of the wider world.

Persons: Washington CNN — Elon Musk, White supremacists, Musk, Benjamin Netanyahu, It’s, George Soros, Netanyahu, Matthew Facciani, “, Elon, ” Facciani, Vladimir Putin, Rishi Sunak, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, he’s, Ron DeSantis ’, Robert Kennedy Jr, ’, ” Musk, ”, reactionism Organizations: Washington CNN, Defamation League, Whites, White, The University of Notre Dame, Twitter, UK, Florida Republican Gov, United States Locations: Israel, Gaza, COVID, Ukraine, Crimea, Washington, United, Russia

☆ Elon Musk Visits Israel Amid Backlash Against His Endorsement of Antisemitic Post
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Matthew Mpoke Bigg | More About Matthew Mpoke Bigg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Mr. Musk said in agreement that it was important to “get rid of the ones who are hellbent on murdering Jewish people,” though he also added that it was important to minimize civilian casualties in the enclave. The X owner is expected to meet later on Monday with President Isaac Herzog of Israel. Mr. Musk’s visit comes as he faces broader criticism for tolerating and even encouraging antisemitic abuse on his social media platform. Israel also appeared to reach an understanding with Mr. Musk over his proposal this month to deploy Starlink, the satellite internet service he owns, in Gaza for aid agencies to use amid cellular and internet blackouts. Israel’s communications minister, Shlomo Karhi, said on Monday that Mr. Musk had consented not to open access to the system in Israel and in Gaza without the permission of his ministry.

Persons: Elon Musk, Benjamin Netanyahu, Musk, Kfar, Netanyahu, ”, Mr, Kfar Azza, ” Mr, Isaac Herzog of Israel, Musk’s, George Soros, Israel, Shlomo Karhi, Karhi Organizations: Defamation League Locations: Israel, Kfar Azza, Kfar, Gaza

[1/3] An employee hiring sign is seen in a window of a business in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., April 7, 2023. So far, he said at a Boston Fed labor market conference earlier this month, measures like the employment-to-population ratio largely have not behaved differently for key racial groups, for women versus men, or among those with different education levels. Research has since tended to suggest that there may be untapped pools of labor that only become available when the job market is tight - an argument for keeping monetary policy looser than not. The labor market recovery so far has been "remarkably equitable," she said. Pandemic-era programs threw a safety net under many families, and the tight job market that has since developed helped many get a foothold, Rouse said.

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☆ Elon Musk will meet with Israel’s president amid criticism over antisemitic post
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Michelle Toh | Alex | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Hong Kong CNN —Elon Musk is expected to meet with Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday as he continues to battle a firestorm over his public endorsement of an antisemitic conspiracy theory on his social media platform, X. Even before the latest tumult, X had faced criticism for the prevalence of antisemitic discourse on its platform. In September, Musk threatened to sue the ADL for defamation, claiming that the group’s reports have hurt advertising sales on X. X has hit back against similar claims from progressive media watchdog Media Matters, which in an analysis earlier this month also highlighted antisemitic and pro-Nazi content on X. In an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Sunday, Herzog spoke of the bittersweet moment seeing freed hostages reunited with their families.

Persons: Hong Kong CNN — Elon Musk, Isaac Herzog, Herzog, ” Musk, Tesla, Whites, ”, Musk, “, —, X, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, ” Herzog, Blitzer Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Monday, SpaceX, White, Twitter, Defamation League, Disney, IBM, Fox Sports, European Commission, Center, Media Locations: Hong Kong, Israel

☆ Paris Hilton's media company pulls ads from X amid concerns of antisemitic content on the site, just a month after signing an exclusive partnership with the platform
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Paris Hilton's company, 11:11 Media, pulled ads from X amid concerns of pro-Nazi content on the site. 11:11 Media is just the latest brand, including Disney and Apple, to pull back from X in recent days. AdvertisementAntisemitism on social media is so not hot. "11:11 Media made the decision to immediately pull the campaign from the platform," Bruce Gersh, 11:11 Media's president and COO, told the outlet. Representatives for Hilton and 11:11 Media did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider.

Persons: —, Elon Musk's, Bruce Gersh, Musk, Hitler, Linda Yaccarino, Hilton Organizations: X, Disney, Apple, Service, CNN, Media, IBM, Nazi, Hilton, Business Locations: Paris, Western

☆ It’s ‘pathological’ for brands to advertise on Elon Musk’s X, Yale professor says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Brands are being “irresponsible” by continuing to advertise on Elon Musk’s X after the billionaire endorsed antisemitic views, according to Yale professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld. It’s pathological,” Sonnenfeld, dean for leadership studies at the Yale School of Management, told CNN in a phone interview. Yaccarino under pressureThe advertiser backlash is piling even more financial pressure on X at a time when the social media platform has been struggling. “This is a perfect opportunity for the market to do what the market does best,” Minow said. Tim Calkins, a marketing professor at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, said brands don’t need to “completely agree” with a media property and its policies to advertise there.

Persons: Elon Musk’s, Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, “, Sonnenfeld, Musk, ” Musk, ”, Joe Benarroch, “ Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Linda Yaccarino, “ Linda Yaccarino, ” Sonnenfeld, he’s, Yaccarino, Lou Paskalis, Nell Minow, ” Minow, Minow, Tim Calkins, Calkins, it’s, ” Calkins Organizations: CNN, Brands, Elon, Yale School of Management, Whites, Disney, Warner Bros . Discovery, Media, Twitter, Media Matters, Marketing, ValueEdge Advisors, Time Magazine, Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management

☆ Elon Musk's X is 'profiting off violent content' by Hamas, House Democrats allege
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

In addition to the records, the House Democrats asked Yaccarino and Musk to detail how X plans to address Hamas-related content currently on the platform. The already "inexcusable" issue of antisemitic content on X, they wrote, had become "outright indefensible" since the deadly Oct. 7 terror attack in Israel by Hamas militants. More than two dozen House Democrats on Tuesday accused Elon Musk 's X of "profiting off violent content by a terrorist organization" and demanded that he and CEO Linda Yaccarino address Hamas -related content on the social media platform . "You have said the actual truth," Musk wrote last Wednesday in response to that post. Instead, the Democrats highlighted numerous X accounts that have reportedly been "spreading Hamas terrorist propaganda videos glorifying barbaric acts of violence against Israelis."

Persons: Yaccarino, Dan Goldman, Jamie Raskin, Elon Musk, Linda Yaccarino, Musk, Adolf Hitler, Angelo Carusone, Goldman, Raskin Organizations: Democrats, Hamas, Reps, Maryland, CNBC, Disney, Comcast, Wall Street, Washington, Media, America, Reich, Tech, Accountability, Strategic, X's Locations: Israel, U.S, New York

☆ NFL committed to X partnership as Elon Musk's social platform gets heat for hate speech
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Drew Richardson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The National Football League is sticking with X, formerly known as Twitter, as Elon Musk's site faces an advertiser revolt over hate speech and antisemitism on the platform. The NFL has partnered with the platform since 2013 as part of an effort to bring fans exclusive content. Last week, Musk agreed with a post on the platform accusing "Jewish communities" of pushing "hatred against whites," CNBC reported earlier this month. Earlier this month, left-leaning media watchdog site MediaMatters.org posted instances of Apple, Bravo and Oracle ads appearing next to antisemitic content on Musk's platform. X on Monday sued Media Matters over the report, coinciding with an investigation launched by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton into the watchdog site for possible fraudulent activity.

Persons: Brian Rolapp, CNBC's Julia Boorstin, Musk, Ken Paxton, X, Linda Yaccarino, – CNBC's Julia Boorstin Organizations: National Football League, NFL, Apple, Disney, CNBC, Bravo, Oracle, Monday, Media, Texas, Hamas Locations: Elon, Palestinian, Israel

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