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[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 year ago

Hilariously I’ve also seen them accused of a pro-Tesla bias. Personally I think they are pretty balanced.

[-] Ocelot@lemmies.world 3 points 1 year ago

They do whatever gets them clicks. Facts do not matter.

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And this opinion is based on what? Obviously every online news source is concerned with increasing readership. But I’m not aware of any consistent factual issues in their reporting.

[-] Ocelot@lemmies.world 2 points 1 year ago
[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Honestly the quality of journalism in this article is pretty low. Some of the points are valid but most are just nitpicks about little opinion pieces at the ends of the articles. I don’t find these particularly valuable, and they sometimes contain some bad takes as pointed out here, but that’s not an issue of factual reporting. So the worst they’ve identified is a few minor omissions which, sure, but if you write thousands of articles that’s going to happen.

And by the way, this article is making the case that Electrek is deliberately biased towards Tesla, not away from them. So if anything it undermines your point.

I think the scandal about car referrals was pretty suspicious, but again, when you look at their reporting it comes down as pretty balanced. Perhaps you could argue they talk too much about Tesla but they cover the good and the bad. And I would say almost everyone in America has been talking about Tesla too much for quite some time.

[-] drdabbles@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

They are for sure not balanced. Alfred might have become more realistic about Elon and his bullshit for guarantee he would never get his roadster. That doesn't mean he's balanced.

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