Musk puts himself in the cultural spotlight. It's no accident on his part, nor some plot by others. He enjoys the attention and trades on it as part of his deve

Musk puts himself in the cultural spotlight. It's no accident on his part, nor some plot by others. He enjoys the attention and trades on it as part of his development of wealth and power. Some of his contemporary and historical peers keep to elite circles and making boardroom deals, others to rallying public attention as part of the leverage they bring. He's unquestionably of the latter sort. Because of that, people are intensely interested in the melodrama of his public life, and a capitalist or populist media would be foolish not to cover it. The theatricality of it all is his brand and something that he intentionally and specifically cultures. Where and if media organizations do develop a bias of unduly vilifying him, it's because he explicitly invites them to play that role. Whatever you think of him, he's no victim.