Elon Musk Blasts Mainstream Media For “Relentless Hatestream” Of “Careless Negativity”

Few people have received the kind of love-hate treatment from the media that Elon Musk has. Initially lionized for his role in building Tesla into the world’s preeminent manufacturer of electric cars, Musk saw his public image darken as the media fixated on his increasingly contrarian and – dare we say it – conservative viewpoint on politics, the climate and society.

As a result, Musk took to Twitter Tuesday morning in Asia to criticize the traditional media for pumping out a “relentless hate-stream” of bad news. Musk lamented that it’s “so hard to find out what’s going on in the world without being bombarded with news that makes one sad & angry!”

Furthermore, Musk lashed out at the media for “focusing relentlessly” on bad news, claiming that it doesn’t give an accurate representation of reality. In a reply to another user, the billionaire said “careless negativity (destruction) is much harder than thoughtful positivity (creation).”

Why is the “traditional” media such a relentless hatestream? Real question.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 7, 2022

Most news outlets attempt to answer the question: “What are the worst things happening on Earth today?”

It’s a big planet! Obviously, some bad things are happening somewhere at any given time, but focusing relentlessly on those does not give an accurate picture of reality.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 7, 2022

Musk’s tweets arrived just a few hours after Brett Winton, director of research at Ark Investment Management (a major Tesla bull that has seen the value of its funds collapse in recent months), tweeted “it is deeply weird that the Internet tried to bully, threaten, extort and browbeat us into giving up on Tesla.”

reflecting on it
it is deeply weird that
the internet tried to
bully, threaten,
extort and browbeat us
into giving up on Tesla

— Brett Winton (@wintonARK) February 7, 2022

Musk replied that “the insane tweet FUD campaign & press hatestream of 2017-2019 is still easily found.”

It was so crazy! The insane tweet FUD campaign & press hatestream of 2017-2019 is still easily found.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 7, 2022

Musk’s anti-media tweets arrived at a particularly difficult time for Tesla: the media just reported that the SEC had sent Tesla and Musk another subpoena back in November over Musk’s now-infamous “funding secured” tweet from August 2018.

The Tesla CEO also sent another one of his infamous dogecoin-pumping tweets…

So … it’s finally come to this … pic.twitter.com/Gf0Rg2QOaF

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 7, 2021

…but before ending his tirade, he apparently signed off with a Monty Python reference.

🎶Always look on the bright side of life🎶

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 7, 2022

The subtext is obvious: perhaps instead of being so morbid all the time, the press should try writing about something positive.