The claim: Elon Musk agreed to purchase CNN for $3 billion A Nov. 6 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows side-by-side images of the CNN logo and billionaire Elon Musk. “Elon Musk Agrees to $3 Billion to Buy CNN,” reads the post's caption. “Elon Musk Reportedly Eyeing CNN Acquisition: ‘I’ll Fix the Media, One Network at a Time.’” It was shared more than 2,000 times in two days. Other versions of the post were shared hundreds of additional times. More from the Fact-Check Team: How we pick and research claims | Email newsletter | Facebook page Our rating: False The claim originated as satire. There is no evidence that Musk has made an agreement to buy CNN for $3 billion. Claim that Musk agreed to buy CNN started as satire Musk, the world's richest person, completed a deal to purchase Twitter, which he later renamed X, for $44 billion in October 2022. However, there is no evidence that Musk has agreed to acquire CNN for $3 billion, as the post claims. The claim was posted on Facebook on Nov. 4 by a satirical account called Gridiron Glory, which labels itself as satire. The post links to a Nov. 4 article that repeats the claim but provides no evidence to support it. Musk hasn’t mentioned anything similar to the claim on his X account, nor has CNN, and there are no credible news reports of such an agreement.