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It's kinda like Apple where they both benefit from and also are hurt by the fact that putting "Apple" in the name makes more people click.

Added exposure/free marketing when the news is good. But then if the Duo is having some issues with cracked screens, that'll also get more attention.

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There wasn't really a political angle with Apple, but the coverage of Tesla and SpaceX changed dramatically in most of the media after Musk switched sides during early Covid after a CA legislator told him to get out of CA and said F*k Elon Musk. Since then it's been a constant stream of negative stories and witchhunts that similar companies who do the same things are not subject to.

What exactly are you claiming?

It's quite obvious that Tesla has huge brand identification and Elon goes way, way out of his way to make things about himself. But are you suggesting Big Vax or a CA assemblyman is controlling the press?

Tesla doesn’t spend billions in advertising so media needs to make their money back via clickbait and ads.

If they posted such headlines about Toyota - they wouldn’t get a single ad contract from them.

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