[RickS]

At the risk of fulfilling the "HN loves tesla" stereotype, I find it really difficult to take seriously an article that begins with a photo that was very clearly chosen to be unflattering, captioned "Overlord".

That kind of flagrant skew poisons the credibility of everything else around it.

[throwanem]

That's the Register for you. Having followed their work for well over a decade now, I might suggest there's a certain element of haste in discounting their coverage on the basis of their deliberately irreverent style. It's not that they're not nice to Elon Musk; they're not nice to anyone.

[DiabloD3]

At least they are consistent, then.

[throwanem]

Not only that, but a pleasantly bracing chaser for the sort of uncritical, even fawning, coverage that's so often lavished on the subjects of their articles. But there's no accounting for taste, of course.

[DanBC]

The Register openly stated some time ago that they don't care about facts if they can cause a "good bun fight". I don't know if that's changed, but it's not a good source if you want civil and substantial discussion of a topic.

[throwanem]

Did they so state? The only reference I can find to the quoted phrase is in a reader comment from 2007. I'd be interested to see the statement to which you refer.

In general, it's very true that the Reg doesn't mind stirring up a bit of controversy here and there. (I'm pretty sure they're still permabanned from being credentialed to cover Apple events.) But that's not the same as saying they don't care about facts, or that they're more interested in controversy than in accurate coverage.

[woah]

Maybe you've never read The Register before. Its articles have a certain dry humor. Taking offense to a goofily hyperbolic photo does fulfill a "HN loves Tesla" stereotype.

[terravion]

Also, what about more balanced and critical coverage of Mobile Eye and their previously fawning statements of how they loved working with such an aggressive customer like Tesla ...it somewhat undermines their position.

[bsaul]

I haven't seen this statement, but i think everyone here would agree that it was a surprise to see tesla advertize autopilot, full hands off driving, while every other technology maker in the world were telling about technology not beeing fully mature yet.

I've seen a technology talk from mobile eye founder, and those guys look quite serious and down to earth. Very far from telsa's taste for shine and fame.

[throwanem]

I'd be interested to read such articles! Where may I find them, do you know? It's always such a pain with search engines to try to find older information on a topic that's big in the current news cycle.

[IOT_Apprentice]

They like to be snarky, and then whine about being excluded from press events by firms they've been snarky about. See their reporters rant about Apple PR after spending years slagging on Apple PR folks all the way back to 2007. After They hammer on Elon Musk, post odd photos and captions, they will be incredulous that they don't get a press credential to the next Tesla event.

[anonymfus]

But writing the article and selecting the photo were probably done by different people.

[Mtinie]

In that case the editor is the one to blame.

[rglover]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qam1fbQmA_s

[dietrichepp]

Hard to take seriously a video link with no context.

[rglover]

Looks like the parent comment was deleted, so yes :p

It said something to the effect of stirring up trouble/negativity for no reason.