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I was not referring to any single event in my initial comment. I'm just looking at all the press I've seen in recent months (maybe years) and I can't resist the

I was not referring to any single event in my initial comment. I'm just looking at all the press I've seen in recent months (maybe years) and I can't resist the impression that there's this negative undertow that seems manufactured. Maybe it's subjective.

rainonmoon 8y ago
Except that the overwhelming majority of press surrounding Musk over the past couple years has been sewn with hyperbolic praise.
danso 8y ago
If we consider a timeframe of more than just this year, then you have even less of a case that media coverage has been engineered toward negativity by ulterior forces. Tesla itself brags in its annual reports that it doesn't need to have an ad budget because of the positive media coverage it gets: https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-admits-media-coverage-has-helped-sales-2018-5 https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-admits-media-coverage-... > "Historically, we have been able to generate significant media coverage of our company and our vehicles, and we believe we will continue to do so," the company wrote. "To date, for vehicle sales, media coverage and word of mouth have been the primary drivers of our sales leads and have helped us achieve sales without traditional advertising and at relatively low marketing costs." > Tesla has included those sentences or a variation on them in each of its annual SEC filings dating back to its 2010 initial public offering.