If there is one thing I know a lot about it's Tesla. I have followed them closely since 2012 and am a shareholder.
As way of a discussion about how mainstream news is failing us, consider this article:
Tesla Sales Rise as $4-a-Gallon Gas Revives Interest in E.V.s
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/business/tesla-sales-electric-vehicles.html
"Tesla sold slightly more cars in the first three months of 2026 than a year earlier, the company said Thursday, a sign that rising gasoline prices as a result of the war with Iran may be prompting more consumers to choose electric vehicles.
Tesla said it delivered 358,023 vehicles globally from January through March, compared to 336,681 during the same period a year earlier.”
The whole premise of this article is wrong. The predominant reason Q1 ’26 deliveries are up over Q1 ’25 is because in Q1 ’25 a) most potential Model Y customers were waiting for the new Model Y, and b) production lines in the US and Europe were being refitted for the new Model Y, leaving Model Y supply extremely limited.
There is not a single mention of either of these factors in the whole piece. Likely because acknowledging those issues would undermine the stories they published a year earlier, which typically ran with headlines conflating lower deliveries with Elon’s political endeavors – during the left’s coordinated attempt last year to attack Elon via Tesla using fear and intimidation.
This is just one of countless examples where a supposedly trusted outlet like the NYTimes is failing to report accurately, either deliberately, or through incompetence – and neither are good.
Now – considering I know what I'm talking about here – extrapolate this to other subjects beyond Tesla and other outlets beyond the NYTimes. This is why millions are flocking to podcasts that go into real depth on an issue, or independent journalists who publish on Substack or YouTube, or X where you can get real-time news and insight.
It's maddening, and very concerning when you consider the amount of people who wholeheartedly trust news organisations like this as being their source of truth.
NYT et al is not mainstream, it's downstream. News breaks on X within minutes and then NYT writes an article about it, citing the upstream.
The whole premise of legacy corporate media is wrong. They exist to get clicks to get eyes to get advertisers to get paid. They get the facts wrong? Doesn't matter, there was never an incentive for truth.
We have better ways of telling stories now. Internet, self-publishing, etc. I think you already get it, and your point is about other people not getting it. So why do you still label NYT, "mainstream?" People want the mainstream; your language alone is reinforcing what you are protesting.
Great points, thank you!
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As an investor, the main thing people should rely on are balance sheets and financial results; the media is used by every company, directly or indirectly, to manipulate those who are driven by emotion—just look at how many mentions there are of the war and potential price hikes for all kinds of consumer products.
Sure, but I think you're missing my point here. This is not about Tesla the stock – I'm using that to illustrate how mainstream news outlets are either complicit in pushing false narratives, or simply incompetent.
I took your valid point and used it to add a bit more to the conversation.