According to a NewsBusters study, ABC, CBS, and NBC’s coverage of Elon Musk’s budget-cutting efforts at DOGE was 97 percent negative, but on Wednesday, their respective morning shows of Good Morning America, CBS Mornings, and Today found a strange new respect for Musk’s concerns about the deficit as they used him to undermine the Big Beautiful Bill recently passed by the House.
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Meanwhile, over at Today, Peter Alexander observed how Musk is “putting some distance between himself and President Trump. Musk speaking out about his time leading the Department of Government Efficiency, criticizing the president's new spending bill.”
After the clip where Musk claimed to be disappointed in the bill, Alexander added that, “President Trump’s been pushing Congress to pass what he calls the One Big Beautiful Bill which includes cuts to programs like Medicaid, but boosts spending in areas like defense.”
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