Regardless of whether you like CNET or whether you agree with their piece overall, Tesla’s statement to Roadshow about the brake and roll being redundant with the on-track test is exempt from any possible “gushing”. That was just a statement from Tesla. Some possible logical conclusions from this statement alone:
1) Roadshow misreported and Tesla didn’t really say that
2) Tesla honestly thinks the brake and roll test is redundant and it is
3) Tesla honestly thinks the brake and roll test is redundant but it isn’t
4) Tesla removed the test despite a known safety risk
Draw whichever conclusion you like, but this is a gush-free analysis.