Why does the image thing take 80% of the headlines and conversations, while Tesla just surpassed Mercedes and BMW in sales? Can you find one major newspaper /

Why does the image thing take 80% of the headlines and conversations, while Tesla just surpassed Mercedes and BMW in sales? Can you find one major newspaper / website who reported that info? I certainly can find dozens of articles about Musk smoking weed, and yet not a word about the fall in BMW/Mercedes sales being hit hard by the Model 3... We wouldn't be commenting about Musk image if they media were actually talking about the 50K deliveries of Model 3. But hey, Musk prefers to cultivate (or ruin) his image I guess...