Respectfully
@phantasms - Then I am confused by your adamant disagreement- for it sounds like we do agree that both ‘sides’ of the media have falsely attacked Elon/Tesla in the past, and perhaps even multiple administrations have now done so directly or indirectly. This all rather famously started with Broder’s NYT fake range story in 2013 in my TSLA experience. Thus the bigger question for me is why do any of us post links to these same sources as Fact beyond the likelihood of Cognitive Dissonance. I certainly am not claiming to be immune from that trap that the people behind the curtain deploy against us daily through media sources on both sides of the aisle. I was shocked to see that 2013 Op-Ed in the NYT when I thought they would be ‘more supportive’ of EVs based on their image management. But shame on me, because in hindsight it was the same NYT whose WMD stories helped put my boots on the ground in Desert Storm IMO. Could there be a common thread between WMD articles and anti-EV Op-Ed’s beyond an Editor’s desk decision? Could Corporations possibly influence both sides of the aisle? Neither article seemed good for People or Planet looking back on them. But they arguably didn’t hurt the Fossil Fuel or ICE industries, among others. Asking if Corporations try to influence both sides regarding their concerns thus seems a very fair question.
And almost everyone would agree that none of us are perfect, thus we cannot expect to hold Elon to such an unrealistic standard. I certainly appreciate his more Stoic ‘Marcus Aurelius’ moments more, but I can’t fault him for his reactions to a relentless and unwavering SEC attack under multiple administrations on both sides of the aisle for instance - which have taken more than their pound of flesh from Elon. So I simply try to enjoy his happier moments and his successes, because those successes tend to make me happier while also rooting for People and Planet in that struggle that
@Artful Dodger and
@joh01652 were referring to IMO.