They are for sure not balanced. Alfred might have become more realistic about Elon and his bullshit for guarantee he would never get his roadster. That doesn’t mean he’s balanced.
Comment on Elektrek: "Tesla FSD Beta tried to kill me last night"
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 1 year agoHilariously I’ve also seen them accused of a pro-Tesla bias. Personally I think they are pretty balanced.
drdabbles@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Ocelot@lemmies.world 1 year ago
They do whatever gets them clicks. Facts do not matter.
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 1 year ago
And this opinion is based on what?
Ocelot@lemmies.world 1 year ago
thedrive.com/…/the-dangerous-difference-between-e…
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 1 year ago
Honestly the quality of journalism in this article is pretty low. Some of the points are valid but most are just nitpicks about little opinion pieces at the ends of the articles. I don’t find these particularly valuable, and they sometimes contain some bad takes as pointed out here, but that’s not an issue of factual reporting. So the worst they’ve identified is a few minor omissions which, sure, but if you write thousands of articles that’s going to happen.
And by the way, this article is making the case that Electrek is deliberately biased towards Tesla, not away from them. So if anything it undermines your point.
I think the scandal about car referrals was pretty suspicious, but again, when you look at their reporting it comes down as pretending balanced. Perhaps you could argue they talk too much about Tesla but they cover the good and the bad. And I would say almost everyone in America has been talking about Tesla too much for quite some time.