this 2020 election discussion is akin to beating a dead dog, but if you watch the video interview with elon;

Elon Musk has told AP to put up or shut up - after the outlet published an article alleging that "false claims of a stolen election thrive unchecked on Twitter," refuting Musk's claims during a CNBC interview that such claims would be fact checked on the platform.

"Either back up your claims @AP with actual source data or retract your story," Musk tweeted on Friday.

The May 18 article written by Ali Swenson, who previously worked at a Magneto-funded fact checking nonprofit, the Center for Public Integrity, cites the CNBC interview in which Musk said that claims of stolen election on Twitter "will be corrected, 100 percent."

Musk was responding to host David Faber, who asked about Twitter users claiming that the 2020 election was "rigged" or "stolen" and whether such tweets would be tagged with a community note or face other actions.

"To be clear, I don’t think it was a stolen election," Musk replied, with the caveat that he believes there was some election fraud.

"By the same token, if somebody is going to say that there is never any election fraud anywhere, this is obviously false. If 100 million people vote, the probability that the fraud is zero—is zero," he added, before noting that it's important to strike a balance in discussions regarding election integrity........more........