> I always thought it funny that Musk saw this as some sort of 4D chess move and not a tacit admission that his company's products/behavior suck so much, he had

> I always thought it funny that Musk saw this as some sort of 4D chess move and not a tacit admission that his company's products/behavior suck so much, he had to effectively nail a "No comment" placard on the front door. That's one way of looking at it; another is that he's avoiding the spin and dishonest misleading nature of today's media. He doesn't have to deal with that BS and he probably feels a lot less stress because of it. > You know what would be awesome? Say negative PR about Tesla comes up, and someone from Tesla calls/emails/tweets a reporter to provide a statement...the reporter ignores them, or tells them to go pound sand, because given Tesla does not have a communications or public relations department, someone from Tesla couldn't possibly be contacting them in an official capacity to provide an authorized statement. Except Musk has plenty, plenty of reach thanks to his Twitter and other social media accounts, and in most peoples' eyes even though he has been misleading about the whole self-driving thing, hearing a statement directly from the horse's mouth most likely carries more legitimacy in their eyes than hearing it through the media. [0] [0]: https://news.gallup.com/poll/355526/americans-trust-media-dips-second-lowest-record.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/355526/americans-trust-media-di...