Disagree. Tesla gets all the press. If something happens to a Chevy Bolt or BMW I3 it won't make mainstream news.
Nothing happens to those cars tho, mostly because no one bought them so every car that catches on fire at the dealer lot will be news. Didn't we hear a story recently about a car catching on fire on the lot?
I honestly stop faulting MSM running stories about Tesla. It's new and every little thing that happens to them happen in a new way. Police cars running out of gas, happens all the time. Police car running out of charge, that's new.
Car backed up to someone in a parking lot, happens every second. Car backed up to a car with no driver? That's national news!
It is what it is. It's just interesting and people want to read about new things.