Musk and Tesla are doing much better than headlines suggest

The article is not talking about a backlash it is simply stating the number of negative articles is a part of a coordinated campaign. Musks tweets do muddy the waters and created their own controversy. I think sans his tweets the argument could have been made more clear. Now everyone will just point to the tweets.

But you can blame the mainstream media for not also reporting all the good news about Tesla. It seems clear they have made an editorial decision to only tell bad stories.

It's especially puzzling because the MM is very concerned about global climate change, and that problem can't be solved withuout EV's, so you would expect them to be big Tesla boosters. Instead they seem to be following the Koch brothers directions.

The mainstream media acting like congress courting lobbyists isn't too surprising at this point. Their profits and margins are down from their peak and they were getting bought out by billionaires since Rupert Murdoch at the very least and the trend has continued. They have had an increasingly luddite bent and have grown openly hateful of tech companies as they found themselves losing to fact checking websites and social media in accuracy and wide spread reach. Furthermore they spare the actually widespread hated telecom monopolies like Comcast - who advertise frequently with them. Not soley them but they have many reasons to be biased. Plus their tendency to go with what they think will drive views and money.

Tesla's valuation is something that should be legitimately swingy in my opinion - their future path while it has longterm viability how long until setbacks slow advances or allow others to catch up or surpass them. There are plenty of pioneering companies who made great strides in a field only to ultimately go bankrupt. Electric cars are a clear part of the future given efficiency and many reasons to improve batteries aside from them but Tesla being the one to end up in the lead much less a winner on year by year time tables is less certain. Disclaimer I own a few shares of TSLA in case it becomes the next big thing. A small loss so far but it may rise again.