Brilliant Or Bonehead? Elon Musk Rejects The Notion Of A New PR Department - Doesn't Want To Manipulate The Public

Elon Musk rejected the idea of Tesla going back to having a PR department, and his reasoning behind it is quite revealing: He doesn’t believe in “manipulating public opinion.”

For years now, Tesla has been receiving more press coverage than any other automaker, and yet it always had a very small press relations (PR) department compared to even smaller automakers.

There were only a handful of PR people handling hundreds of inquiries from journalists every day.