Clooney’s Broadway Revival Shows Elon Musk’s ‘Nazi’ Salute

George Clooney picked an odd time to honor the Fourth Estate.

Legacy Media hasn’t been this corrupt in ages. Sound hyperbolic? Let’s silence the naysayers.

Journalists didn’t just ignore the U.S. President’s dementia-like condition over the past four years, they actively covered it up. That “Cheap Fake” defense ended June 27, 2024 – the night of the Biden-Trump presidential debate.

Now, journalists are writing tell-all books to cash in on their dishonesty.

Chuck Todd admits what everyone knew all along: The media covered up Biden’s mental decline because they didn’t want to potentially help Trump win. pic.twitter.com/mn3WInEgDc

— James Lynch (@jameslynch32) April 10, 2025

Game. Set. Match.

And it’s one of dozens of examples revealing the rot at the industry’s core. The Hunter Biden laptop scandal is a not-so-close second.

Clooney repeatedly says he cares deeply about journalism. It’s why he revived his 2005 film “Good Night, and Good Luck” for Broadway. The fact-based drama recalls journalist Edward R. Murrow’s battles with Sen. Joseph McCarthy during the Blacklist era.

The production, co-starring Clooney as Murrow alongside Ilana Glazer, Carter Hudson and Paul Gross, ends with a video montage meant to warn the public.

We all suffer when entertainment laps news gathering. That’s a noble sentiment, one echoing the source material’s argument.

The progressive Clooney couldn’t resist bedecking the finale with Jan. 6 footage. That’s a debatable addition but a newsworthy event worthy of coverage.

Fine.

Another clip proved far more damaging to the show’s stated mission. Outkick founder Clay Travis took in the play and shared this reflection on its waning moments.

Just back from George Clooney’s “Good Night and Good Luck,” Broadway play, which is a story about the importance of trust & honesty in news. The play ends with @elonmusk on screen allegedly giving a Nazi salute. The crowd gasps. Except Musk wasn’t giving a Nazi salute, he was tapping his heart to express love for the crowd around him.

So the play, about the importance of trust and honesty in news, actually ends with evidence of why the news can’t be trusted and isn’t honest. And judging by the gasping reaction of the audience, most people believed Musk was giving a Nazi salute.

The subtext of the entire play was, “Be careful or the media will play you for fools.” And then the crowd got played for fools & cheered it. I’m not sure if it’s diabolical satire of cheering crowd or painful lack of self awareness & accidental destruction of the play’s message.

Clooney isn’t a truth-teller. He’s a partisan. Period.

Maybe he is the perfect avatar for Legacy Media in 2025.

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