Comment by leobg

I don’t see anything new here. Musk hates clickbait and doesn’t trust the media. Remember the Top Gear fiasco with the original roadster? He has not forgotten this. He even initially wanted to allow biographer Vance to write a book about him only on condition that he would be allowed to review the draft before publication. You may see this as proof of how controlling Musk is. Then again, you’ve probably never had anyone write articles about you that 1) purposely mischarachterize you and your work and 2) do not give you a chance to explain your point of view. In the old days, a company would have been able to keep the spread of untruths at bay by the use of lawyers. But if you tried that path today, you’d be bleeding yourself to death. This is an arms race. And Tesla plays the hand it’s got. I don’t see what is wrong with that.