Musk Mouth

"Everyone is in favor of free speech ... but if anyone says anything back, that is an outrage." - Winston Churchill

Advertisers gathering for the Cannes Lions festival this week caught a rare treat: Elon Musk groveling.

"I do shoot myself in the foot from time to time," the genius of our time confessed at the international advertising industry confab in France, "but at least you know it is genuine, not from the P.R. department."

No public relations department would approve the remarks Musk offered at the Nov. 29 Dealbook Summit. Musk threw F-bombs when asked ...