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Why do they need a media relations department? Their order backlog stretches into 2023. Media outlets put this disclaimer on practically every Tesla article b

Why do they need a media relations department? Their order backlog stretches into 2023. Media outlets put this disclaimer on practically every Tesla article because the media in the US are clearly butthurt that Tesla doesn't need (or want) them. Maybe we should be questioning our underlying assumptions of why a company should "need" a media relations department?

FireBeyond 4y ago
> Media outlets put this disclaimer on practically every Tesla article because the media in the US are clearly butthurt that Tesla doesn't need (or want) them. No, they do it because they need to explain why almost every article on a Tesla issue has zero response from Tesla. Just like the "We reached out to Company but had not received a response before going to press."
- parkingrift 4y ago
  Attempting to contact a media department that does not exist is a sisyphean task. One wonders why news outlets attempt to contact a media department that does not exist, and that they know does not exist. Perchance it is so that they can remind the reader that the media department at Tesla does not exist?!?
  - 100721 4y ago
    I'm not sure I agree with your logic. A good journalist does their due diligence, which includes giving the company an opportunity to respond.
    - parkingrift 4y ago
      Seriously? We all know Tesla doesn't have a media relations department. As such we all know they don't respond to media requests. You still consider it "due diligence" to ask questions of a nonexistent department?
      - brokenmachine 4y ago
        When it suits their agenda, it seems they are quite happy to make statements. I wonder who issues those statements, absent a media department?
  - NoSorryCannot 4y ago
    A company can respond without a "media department" or whatever.
VerminOctopus1 4y ago
A media relations department is a savvy thing to have in order to keep your brand’s reputation healthy. An order backlog stretching into 2023 doesn’t mean much for the next decade of Tesla. Public opinion is important for sales. I’m not going to claim to speak for the car-buying masses, but my impression of Tesla (false marketing claims, shoddy workmanship, bad working conditions, etc) is bad - you’d think a competently run company would want to try to shift that narrative.
- parkingrift 4y ago
  Your impression of Tesla is obviously not shared by the masses, or the masses wouldn’t continue buying Tesla vehicles in mass quantities.
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  - ncmncm 4y ago
    Consumer Reports agrees: Tesla is the least reliable American car, by maintenance cost. Reports are that if anything substantial needs fixing , it it cheaper to discard the car and buy another one used. What the US public chooses to buy is, evidently, easily manipulated. Consumer reports, less so.
    - parkingrift 4y ago
      ...and again... the masses disagree. Tesla will sell 1.5 million cars this year and they have a backlog of 8 months.
      - ncmncm 4y ago
        Agreed, people are sheep, and will pay through the nose for crap they are taught carries some sort of cultural cachet. See also Apple products, and various handbags.
dwaite 4y ago
> Media outlets put this disclaimer on practically every Tesla article because the media in the US are clearly butthurt that Tesla doesn't need (or want) them. Media will typically indicate whether there was a response, no response, or a 'no comment'. Why would they not also indicate that there was nobody made available for them to ask?

FireBeyond 4y ago

> Media outlets put this disclaimer on practically every Tesla article because the media in the US are clearly butthurt that Tesla doesn't need (or want) them. No, they do it because they need to explain why almost every article on a Tesla issue has zero response from Tesla. Just like the "We reached out to Company but had not received a response before going to press."

parkingrift 4y ago
Attempting to contact a media department that does not exist is a sisyphean task. One wonders why news outlets attempt to contact a media department that does not exist, and that they know does not exist. Perchance it is so that they can remind the reader that the media department at Tesla does not exist?!?
- 100721 4y ago
  I'm not sure I agree with your logic. A good journalist does their due diligence, which includes giving the company an opportunity to respond.
  - parkingrift 4y ago
    Seriously? We all know Tesla doesn't have a media relations department. As such we all know they don't respond to media requests. You still consider it "due diligence" to ask questions of a nonexistent department?
    - brokenmachine 4y ago
      When it suits their agenda, it seems they are quite happy to make statements. I wonder who issues those statements, absent a media department?
- NoSorryCannot 4y ago
  A company can respond without a "media department" or whatever.

VerminOctopus1 4y ago

A media relations department is a savvy thing to have in order to keep your brand’s reputation healthy. An order backlog stretching into 2023 doesn’t mean much for the next decade of Tesla. Public opinion is important for sales. I’m not going to claim to speak for the car-buying masses, but my impression of Tesla (false marketing claims, shoddy workmanship, bad working conditions, etc) is bad - you’d think a competently run company would want to try to shift that narrative.

parkingrift 4y ago
Your impression of Tesla is obviously not shared by the masses, or the masses wouldn’t continue buying Tesla vehicles in mass quantities.
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- ncmncm 4y ago
  Consumer Reports agrees: Tesla is the least reliable American car, by maintenance cost. Reports are that if anything substantial needs fixing , it it cheaper to discard the car and buy another one used. What the US public chooses to buy is, evidently, easily manipulated. Consumer reports, less so.
  - parkingrift 4y ago
    ...and again... the masses disagree. Tesla will sell 1.5 million cars this year and they have a backlog of 8 months.
    - ncmncm 4y ago
      Agreed, people are sheep, and will pay through the nose for crap they are taught carries some sort of cultural cachet. See also Apple products, and various handbags.

dwaite 4y ago

> Media outlets put this disclaimer on practically every Tesla article because the media in the US are clearly butthurt that Tesla doesn't need (or want) them. Media will typically indicate whether there was a response, no response, or a 'no comment'. Why would they not also indicate that there was nobody made available for them to ask?