Clarissa-Jan Lim is a breaking/trending news blogger for MSNBC Digital. She was previously a senior reporter and editor at BuzzFeed News.
Since 2020, the Dwight D. Opperman Foundation has given out an award in Ruth Bader Ginsburg's name to women leaders in their respective fields. This year, however, plans for the ceremony were derailed after the foundation opened the award to male recipients — and named controversial billionaires and convicted felons among its recipients.
Musk is, of course, the owner of SpaceX and the social platform X — and has endorsed wildly antisemitic and anti-immigrant conspiracy theories. The foundation had said he was to be awarded for his 'entrepreneurship.' Murdoch, who oversaw Fox News' pivot to a right-wing misinformation hub, would be honored as a 'media mogul.' Milken, who set up a namesake institute to fund medical research after serving prison time for violating U.S.
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