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CNBC blindsided as Musk abruptly bails on live interview while SpaceX shares freefall
Musk Kept the Mic, CNBC Kept the LossA Cancelation With a Power SignatureCNBC spent the morning advertising an exclusive live interview with Elon Musk, only to learn moments before airtime that he had “to postpone.” That is the whole event in miniature: the network built the stage, Musk controlled the appearance, and the audience got a reminder that access journalism runs on the schedule of the powerful, not the other way around.Who Actually Had LeverageThe institutional power here did not sit with CNBC. It sat with Musk, who could yank a promoted interview at the last second and leave the…
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