I will say it again. It is not the comment of a thousand average joe that really matters. That is either humor or noise to me. For me it is the opinion of individuals that are public figures or subject matter experts that matters.
I disagree with 90% of what AOC and 100% of Ilhan say. And probably 50% of Tucker & DeSantis. And most of Bernie and ilk I disagree. BUT I want to know what they say on a specific issue. Similarly there are other people I sometimes agree with, like Scott Adams. And Musk, I disagree only on a few things..
When it comes to Tesla & market in general I have a host of people who have built their credibility over the years (Sawyer Meritt, Rob Maurer, etc..) and quite a few scumbag journalists. I am interested in knowing what they all say on a specific matter. The rest I ignore.
This is the approach anyone should take. Start with a bunch of personalities that you agree and disagree with and then over a period of time, you will also stumble upon other average joes - a handful of them - who are quite knowledgeable and honest in their opinion, and seem quite credible. I pay more attention to some of those people than the celebrities.
This is a better way to stay informed than drinking the media cool-aid
Its just what we are used to.
As a lawyer, all the people you named, all politicians, all celebrities, and especially all media outlets, both traditional or not, are not "
the source" of any information. Let me put it another way, with what I am used to, its only a minimal amount of diligence to get to
the actual source.
Today for example, the US Supreme Court issued two rulings on Circular 230 cases, dealing with Google's liability. Since I can easily get the actual ruling, i know that any "report" of today's cases is someone who read the ruling. In the case of Twitter its a tweet of someone who may have read what someone wrote about the ruling. And then, with Twitter, its what someone thought about what someone wrote about what someone else wrote about the ruling.
Twitter easily gets you like five levels removed from the actual source!!. And to no benefit. Read the actual source.
Anyway, that's why I am not on Twitter, and other people are. It would never occur to me that the people you named above are the source of anything, even a piece of legislation drafted supposedly by a member of congress
is actually drafted by staff, its a fair bet that most congress people don't even read what they are voting on. Why would I care about their summary?
That's the crux of the difference of opinion. As an investor, I care very much about actions Elon takes with respect to Tesla. I care quite a bit less about 30% of the stuff he says is going to happen at Tesla, as he has a record of being overly optimistic. I don't care at all about Elon's opinion of the crime/homeless situation in San Francisco. I mean, were are not pals. He doesn't even live in San Francisco. If I want to find out how San Francisco is doing, I can, like go there, or I can find many sources which are not celebrities or politicians to see what data there is.
But he clearly loves the fact that people read his tweets about crime in SF. He loves it so much he bought the whole company!
The TMC "investor's roundtable" is by far the best source on the company. By far. It consists of people who consistantly post links to direct sourcing of data. Sometimes its posts on other opinions, but the value is really that the TMC posters care enough to do some research prior to posting. On that forum you had guys tracking shipments of Teslas on RORO ships docking in Europe!! With the dates the ships left port and GPS coordinates!
The TMC Energy products forum has actual licensed electricians posting on the technical requirements of systems!
Twitter is just too far removed from the actual sourcing for me. Obviously, reasonable people can differ on this. That much I have learned here.