This Is Not the Article Elon Musk Doesn't Want Me to Write

Journalists who write about Tesla's Autopilot system kill people. That, at any rate, seemed to be the contention of Tesla CEO Elon Musk in an extraordinary corporate earnings call on Wednesday. The quarterly conference call with investors--a routine affair for most public companies--took a left turn when Musk cut short the Q&A, deeming their questions about Tesla's finances "boring" and "bonehead" and taking questions instead from a 25-year-old YouTuber who had tweeted at him on Monday. As Tesla's stock plunged in after-hours trading, Musk detoured into a Trumpian rant--yes, another one--against the dishonest media. The visionary entrepreneur–turned–press critic blasted journalists for publishing stories about accidents involving Tesla's autonomous driving software, calling such coverage "outrageous" and "fundamentally misleading."