Rapid Response: Confronting Elon Musk, w/ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt
Masters of Scale
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4.6 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2023
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Under a harsh spotlight, how do you remain composed while fighting for your mission? Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt joins Rapid Response host Bob Safian to take us inside the story of his public row with Elon Musk. Jonathan also explains how business leaders must ignite hope in the face of hate to help build a brighter future. Plus, he shares lessons about the seasonality of business, the importance of Hollywood, and why leaders everywhere should embrace conflict.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, it's Bob Safian. You've been hearing me as the host of rapid response in this feed for a few years now, |
| 0:07.8 | with short newsy interviews alongside the deeper dives of Masters of Scale. Well, I'm excited to share that rapid response is expanding into its own feed. |
| 0:17.0 | We'll be putting out shows twice a week, focusing on the urgent issues that business leaders are dealing with in real time. |
| 0:24.8 | So search for rapid response in your podcast player and subscribe to make sure you get all our episodes. |
| 0:31.2 | I'll see you on the other side. |
| 0:34.8 | We've been working with Twitter for years and I started a dialogue with |
| 0:39.3 | Elon Musk before he closed the acquisition. |
| 0:43.0 | Texting, talking, zooming, and then everything really went crazy. |
| 0:48.0 | And that hashtag banned the ADL |
| 0:52.0 | started to pick up steam among right. and |
| 0:55.0 | when Elon engaged with the content it really took off. |
| 1:00.0 | Tewe |
| 0:58.0 | it really took off. |
| 1:01.0 | tweeting that the ADL is causing anti-Semitism, blaming the Jews, amplifying people like |
| 1:08.4 | a rabid anti-Semite, open white supremacist, It has real world consequences. I can't tell you what |
| 1:17.2 | Elon thinks, but what's undeniable is the people who he is platforming are |
| 1:22.1 | openly hateful, toxic, and I just find that incredibly |
| 1:27.0 | trouble. |
| 1:30.0 | That's Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, a long established nonprofit |
| 1:38.5 | dedicated to fighting anti-Semitism and hate. |
| 1:42.1 | He's recently found himself in a very public tussle with Elon Musk, |
| 1:46.4 | who's threatened to sue the ADL, blaming the organization for lost advertising revenue at Twitter. |
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