Billionaire entrepreneur and “Shark Tank” star Mark Cuban recently revealed that if he had the financial means, he would consider purchasing Fox News and the social media platform X.
During an interview with Wired, Cuban was asked about previous comments he made stating that he refers to the boomer generation as the “Fox News” generation. When asked if he thought there is an antidote to that, he responded that the solution would be to purchase Fox News.
“If I had enough money to do it, which I don’t, I’d buy it in a heartbeat,” Cuban said, while also acknowledging that he doesn’t have enough money to acquire the multibillion-dollar news network.
When asked if he would consider acquiring X as well, Cuban, who has an estimated net worth of approximately $5.7 billion, responded that while Elon Musk likely wouldn’t sell the platform, he would be open to the idea in an ideal scenario
“I wish I could. There’s no reason for him to sell it,” Cuban said.
Cuban has previously been critical of Musk’s management of X since the tech billionaire acquired the platform for $44 billion in 2022. Cuban previously accused the platform’s algorithm of amplifying right-wing content that aligns with Musk’s political videos. Musk responded to this claim by pointing out that X’s algorithm is “open source” and is based on whatever content users engage with.
“If you interact and argue with ‘right wing’ accounts, which Cuban does a lot, the algorithm will assume that’s what you *want* to do and give you more of it lmao,” Musk said earlier this year.
Musk has continued to warn on his platform that free speech is under “massive attack around the world.” He has continued to pledge that X will be a platform for free speech, even at the expense of advertiser losses.
This piece first appeared at TPUSA.
