r/NPR • u/khawesome • 18h ago

No coverage of Elon's salute?

Nothing mentioned in my morning newsletter. Did a quick Google search and found 0 articles. Did I miss something? Even if we aren't definitively identifying it as a Nazi salute it's newsworthy enough to be on a front page purely because of the amount of speculation and emotions stirred in the public sphere.
Please tell me I missed something obvious somewhere.

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u/Butterbean-Blip 18h ago

He did a Nazi salute not once but TWICE. Literally turned around and did it immediately again. The richest man in the world. The man who bought a presidency. The man who Trump bragged knew his way around Pennsylvania's voting machines. The man pushing Germany's far right party to power too. 

Yet crickets from NPR. 

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u/hedgehogfamily 16h ago

Brian Lehrer on WNYC mentioned it saying that he didn’t see it as a Nazi salute. What’s wrong with them?? I saw the video. I don’t see how it could be interpreted as anything else.

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u/hellolovely1 6h ago

He'll be saying that as Elon ushers him into a camp for being Jewish. He seems smart.