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"Tesla, which is based in Palo Alto, California, and has disbanded its press office, did not immediately respond to inquiries about Consumer Reports’ assertions
by mcguire 6y ago
"Tesla, which is based in Palo Alto, California, and has disbanded its press office, did not immediately respond to inquiries about Consumer Reports’ assertions."
Huh?
- klyrs 6y agohttps://electrek.co/2020/10/06/tesla-dissolves-pr-department/ https://electrek.co/2020/10/06/tesla-dissolves-pr-department...
- spikels 6y agoVery cool. PR is evil. Goal is to manipulate people for the benefit of the business. Despite all the Tesla hate in the media (Bloomberg and NYTimes seems to have it out for them) whenever you get a unvarnished glimpse of how they do things it always seems thoughtful.
- alphabettsy 6y agoLike Elon saying this wasn’t possible? Why have a PR department BS you when the CEO can’t do it himself. /s They’re one of the most popular companies in the world, of course there’s more press good or bad, nobody cares what Suzuki is doing and you won’t see many articles about them for that reason.
- watwut 6y agoWut? In what way is Musk not manipulative?
- t0mas88 6y agoTesla manipulates the public perception of their "self driving" tech with every chance they get, starting with naming it autopilot. And Musk claiming each year that "full self driving will happen next year", doesn't really need a PR team but I wouldn't call it cool...