Mainstream news organizations mounted attacks against Tesla on Wednesday in an apparent attempt to damage Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who also heads several other large companies.
The primary attack centered around a so-called “recall” that Tesla had to issue to nearly every vehicle that it has sold in the U.S. since 2012, more than two million overall. The move comes after U.S. regulators have looked into the company’s Autopilot system and its role in some accidents that have happened across the U.S. over the last several years.
A report from The New York Times was emblematic of the way that the media covered the story as the newspaper claimed that Tesla’s “reputation for making technologically advanced cars suffered a blow” as a result of the recall.
It wasn’t until deep in the Times’ report that the newspaper informed readers that the “recall” was not really a recall in…
