If a CEO of a publicly traded company expresses a belief in a short-side/journalism conspiracy, the board of that company should relieve that person of their du

If a CEO of a publicly traded company expresses a belief in a short-side/journalism conspiracy, the board of that company should relieve that person of their duties right away. All such people in recent history have been paranoid cranks who drove their companies into the ground. See: Overstock As for Tesla specifically, there is an overt and massive "conspiracy" on the part of the long side to cheer their share price. There are numerous online news outlets that are shameless boosters of Tesla. The idea that there's a big conspiracy between short sellers and journalists has no supporting evidence whatsoever.