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As noted in a thread I put up yesterday, I am spending the long weekend in San Francisco, more specifically, Marin County. I just love it out here.

And, boy, I will tell you: There's a TON of Model 3s flooding the area.

Quite literally I am seeing them everywhere I go and they all are new deliveries — all have Tesla placards where the license plates go. It's very, very impressive. Especially when you consider these are all cars loaded to the gills.

In the past several weeks, it seems that the media has turned on its darling though, Elon Musk. Musk is starting to get a taste of a turning tide and, frankly, it's very clear he doesn't like it. In an interesting move this week, he even started saying how he'd like to start an all-new website called Pravda where users rank publications, journalists and their editors credibility.

Given the current climate, I think this would take off. Granted, this would be completely colored by people's perception versus reality. Some pundits, for example, are lauded when they're telling the truth.

Over the past month or so I've started to think a lot about Tesla. And while the Model 3 isn't shipping nearly as many units as it should of been per the original forecasts, the company has ramped up production in a big way.

It leads me to wonder: Has Tesla has finally turned the corner? With the media is getting out its pitchforks and torches, is the bad news just getting started?

Two things are true ...

1. The media is flawed:

• The media sometimes gets things wrong, it has a penchant for drama and controversy, and it is incentivized to establish narratives that don't always account for the complexities and nuance of business, politics or culture.

2. Musk is humiliating himself:

• He is using his vast power and influence to undermine journalists simply because he's miffed by negative coverage. The attacks have invited comparisons to Donald Trump.



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Place YOUR Bets! Has Tesla ROUNDED The Corner OR Is The Bad News JUST Getting Started?

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