Media sensationalism is a thing, and a thing that's growing (in order to compete for attention) and a thing that doesn't like Elon Musk for various reasons, some worthy, some not.
One internet-person's anecdote is not trustworthy in and of itself.
"The media" as a single mass is of equivalent trustworthiness to one internet-person's anecdote. Some media outlets are more trustworthy than others.
Take the media reports and individual anecdotes as data points to form ones own opinion.
If one person has a good experience, then they'll generally disregard "media reports" as sensationalism that, sensationally or otherwise, announce the opposite.
Hmmmm. Reading that back, I'm taking the side of Duh Media characterization. I guess that's where I've landed. But I don't feel like I'm a declarer of "fake news" for every headline I disagree with. Hmmmm.
This has ended up being a conversation with myself, sorry.
Media sensationalism is a thing, and a thing that's growing (in order to compete for attention) and a thing that doesn't like Elon Musk for various reasons, some worthy, some not.
One internet-person's anecdote is not trustworthy in and of itself.
"The media" as a single mass is of equivalent trustworthiness to one internet-person's anecdote. Some media outlets are more trustworthy than others.
Take the media reports and individual anecdotes as data points to form ones own opinion.
If one person has a good experience, then they'll generally disregard "media reports" as sensationalism that, sensationally or otherwise, announce the opposite.
Hmmmm. Reading that back, I'm taking the side of Duh Media characterization. I guess that's where I've landed. But I don't feel like I'm a declarer of "fake news" for every headline I disagree with. Hmmmm.
This has ended up being a conversation with myself, sorry.