Facebook posts – No evidence Elon Musk campaigned to cancel ‘The View’

Billionaire and presidential adviser Elon Musk has been slashing federal government staff and programs, but has he also turned his attention to daytime television?

“BREAKING: Elon Musk takes a bold stand: He launches a public campaign to terminate ‘The View,’ seeking support to end the controversial show permanently,” read a March 6 Facebook post. “The View” is a daytime talk show on ABC.

The post linked to an article claiming Musk had called “on his vast network of followers to support his mission to end the controversial program once and for all,” and said he had posted on X, the social media platform he owns,  that the show was a “breeding ground for misinformation.” 

The Facebook post’s commenters appeared to believe the post’s claim, writing, “I support our President and Mr. Musk, and yes get rid of the View, just a bunch of gossipers,” and “Good for him they need to go away.”

But PolitiFact found no evidence to support this claim. 

(Screenshot of Facebook post)

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We looked on Google and in the Nexis news archive and found no credible news stories reporting this story. If a major public figure were campaigning to end a popular television show, it would have generated headlines.

Musk has critiqued “The View” on his X account, but we found no record of him advocating that it be cancelled or posting that the show was a “breeding ground for misinformation.” 

We have fact-checked many similar claims: that Musk sued the show, called for a ban and fired the cast last year. Most originated on self-described satire sites, and we rated all of them False.

Similarly, we rate this claim False.