<story><title>Tesla Enters “Whistleblower Hell”</title><url>https://www.thedrive.com/tech/29089/tesla-enters-whistleblower-hell</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>kreetx</author><text>Elon gets a lot of hate unfortunately due to his position in the industry, and also I guess the age we&amp;#x27;re in.&lt;p&gt;See this tweet from Paul Graham for example
&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;paulg&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1122987659079618563&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;paulg&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1122987659079618563&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;People notice the hate, and although there most probably are issues in the factories, then the reporting of them is way bent to the negative.</text></item><item><author>wnorris</author><text>There appears to be an active group working to create these stories in order to create a &amp;#x27;whistleblower hell&amp;#x27;.&lt;p&gt;Elon occasionally does not help this, but authorities should look into the allegations that a group is actively manipulating Tesla employees for these types of stories.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;cleantechnica.com&amp;#x2F;2019&amp;#x2F;07&amp;#x2F;21&amp;#x2F;were-cnbc-sources-tesla-employees-funded-by-tslaq&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;cleantechnica.com&amp;#x2F;2019&amp;#x2F;07&amp;#x2F;21&amp;#x2F;were-cnbc-sources-tesla...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>vikramkr</author><text>Tesla (or at least Elon) has a terrible habit of engaging with critics in deeply unproductive ways, such as all the anti short seller stuff they pulled. It makes them look very defensive and seem like they feel vulnerable&amp;#x2F;cant face the criticism, and maybe it&amp;#x27;s because they actually are vulnerable and doing things that merit short selling and whistleblowing.&lt;p&gt;At least from a PR perspective you dont want to engage like this if you have nothing to hide, so either they&amp;#x27;re doing something wrong or they have terrible terrible PR sense. Both seem equally likely right now.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>P_I_Staker</author><text>I don&amp;#x27;t know what you&amp;#x27;re talking about, Elon Musk gets flack for being a jerk, and all the questionable stuff he&amp;#x27;s done. This narrative that big business is out  to get him (eg. that tweet) needs to die.</text></comment>
<story><title>Tesla Enters “Whistleblower Hell”</title><url>https://www.thedrive.com/tech/29089/tesla-enters-whistleblower-hell</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>kreetx</author><text>Elon gets a lot of hate unfortunately due to his position in the industry, and also I guess the age we&amp;#x27;re in.&lt;p&gt;See this tweet from Paul Graham for example
&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;paulg&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1122987659079618563&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;paulg&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1122987659079618563&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;People notice the hate, and although there most probably are issues in the factories, then the reporting of them is way bent to the negative.</text></item><item><author>wnorris</author><text>There appears to be an active group working to create these stories in order to create a &amp;#x27;whistleblower hell&amp;#x27;.&lt;p&gt;Elon occasionally does not help this, but authorities should look into the allegations that a group is actively manipulating Tesla employees for these types of stories.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;cleantechnica.com&amp;#x2F;2019&amp;#x2F;07&amp;#x2F;21&amp;#x2F;were-cnbc-sources-tesla-employees-funded-by-tslaq&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;cleantechnica.com&amp;#x2F;2019&amp;#x2F;07&amp;#x2F;21&amp;#x2F;were-cnbc-sources-tesla...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>vikramkr</author><text>Tesla (or at least Elon) has a terrible habit of engaging with critics in deeply unproductive ways, such as all the anti short seller stuff they pulled. It makes them look very defensive and seem like they feel vulnerable&amp;#x2F;cant face the criticism, and maybe it&amp;#x27;s because they actually are vulnerable and doing things that merit short selling and whistleblowing.&lt;p&gt;At least from a PR perspective you dont want to engage like this if you have nothing to hide, so either they&amp;#x27;re doing something wrong or they have terrible terrible PR sense. Both seem equally likely right now.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>AndrewBissell</author><text>Actually the criticism that Musk gets is a result of things like:&lt;p&gt;- Calling someone&amp;#x27;s boss and threatening a lawsuit to make him take down critical writings on Twitter and Seeking Alpha (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;ftalphaville.ft.com&amp;#x2F;2018&amp;#x2F;07&amp;#x2F;27&amp;#x2F;1532692760000&amp;#x2F;Je-suis-Montana-Skeptic&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;ftalphaville.ft.com&amp;#x2F;2018&amp;#x2F;07&amp;#x2F;27&amp;#x2F;1532692760000&amp;#x2F;Je-suis...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;p&gt;- Threatening to &amp;quot;nuke&amp;quot; a departing employee who had returned to Tesla HQ to collect some personal belongings (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bloomberg.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;2019-04-05&amp;#x2F;tesla-board-probed-allegation-that-elon-musk-pushed-employee&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bloomberg.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;2019-04-05&amp;#x2F;tesla-boa...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;p&gt;- Trumpian attacks on the press, including by riling up his fans on Twitter (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;lopezlinette&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1014983757252780033&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;lopezlinette&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1014983757252780033&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;p&gt;- Lying with statistics, e.g. &amp;quot;traffic incidents are xx% less likely with Autopilot engaged&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;Tesla cars are xx% safer than the overall U.S. fleet&amp;quot; without mentioning the huge selection bias at play&lt;p&gt;- Running factories with &lt;i&gt;tons&lt;/i&gt; of environmental, health, labor, and QA-related problems, then attempting to just gaslight his way through the criticism (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cnbc.com&amp;#x2F;2019&amp;#x2F;07&amp;#x2F;15&amp;#x2F;tesla-workers-in-ga4-tent-describe-pressure-to-make-model-3-goals.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cnbc.com&amp;#x2F;2019&amp;#x2F;07&amp;#x2F;15&amp;#x2F;tesla-workers-in-ga4-tent-de...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;p&gt;- Brazenly lying about his company on Twitter in an attempt to manipulate the stock price (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sec.gov&amp;#x2F;litigation&amp;#x2F;complaints&amp;#x2F;2018&amp;#x2F;comp-pr2018-219.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sec.gov&amp;#x2F;litigation&amp;#x2F;complaints&amp;#x2F;2018&amp;#x2F;comp-pr2018-2...&lt;/a&gt;)</text></comment>