<\/p>\n
Elon Musk<\/strong><\/a>, the world\u2019s first trillionaire<\/a>, is apparently not one to take any vocal criticism particularly lightly.<\/p>\n \u201cMaybe some people do loath me \u2014 and that\u2019s probably true \u2014 I don\u2019t care,\u201d Musk, 55, told editor-in-chief of The Economist<\/em> Zanny Minton Beddoes<\/strong> in a wide-ranging, 90-minute video interview released on Thursday, July 23, after the X owner was asked if he understands that \u201csome people do loathe\u201d Musk and believe his politics and use of social media is not \u201chelpful for Western democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cBut the fact that, as you pointed out, a quarter billion people follow me is that I think a lot more people actually like me than don\u2019t,\u201d he continued. \u201cAnd I think a lot more people hate you and the media more than you realize.\u201d<\/p>\n He added, \u201cDo you realize the media is despised? Do you realize that journalists, the view of journalists, is like, it\u2019s like a favorable view of journalists is like 15 percent. So the show is on the other foot. They hate you. They hate you far more than they hate me.\u201d<\/p>\n