‘SNL’ Weekend Update Brutally Roasts Elon Musk Over ‘Epic’ Midterms Defeat
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"‘SNL’ Weekend Update Brutally Roasts Elon Musk Over ‘Epic’ Midterms Defeat" is generating significant coverage in the Entertainment category, with 3 articles from 3 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include TechCrunch, Yahoo News Singapore and Deadline. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Coverage (3)
- SNL has a new impression of Elon Musk, ‘the worst thing South Africa has ever done’ TechCrunch · 1d ago
- ‘SNL’ Roasts Elon Musk Over Texas Midterms Loss Yahoo News Singapore · 1d ago
- 'SNL' Makes Grok Roast Elon Musk On 'Weekend Update' Deadline · 1d ago
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