{"id":165837,"date":"2021-02-23T20:31:31","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T01:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=165837"},"modified":"2021-02-23T20:44:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T01:44:00","slug":"give-my-regards-to-your-puppet-master-elon-musk-fires-back-at-wapo-story-and-owner-jeff-bezos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/give-my-regards-to-your-puppet-master-elon-musk-fires-back-at-wapo-story-and-owner-jeff-bezos\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Give My Regards To Your Puppet Master\u2019: Elon Musk Fires Back At WaPo Story And Owner Jeff Bezos"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgive-my-regards-to-your-puppet-master-elon-musk-fires-back-at-wapo-story-and-owner-jeff-bezos%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=165837&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Musk-1-1200x720-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Asked for comment by The Washington Post on a profile that quoted various critics slamming him for being stretched too thin, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and Space X, fired back at the Post and ostensibly its owner Jeff Bezos, snapping, \u201cGive my regards to your puppet master.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Post\u2019s article starts by noting Musk\u2019s exhausting schedule of commuting from his home in southern California, the Tesla plant in northern California, a new factory in Austin, Texas and SpaceX\u2019s launch facility on Texas\u2019 Gulf Coast. Then the Post quotes unnamed \u201ccritics\u201d who assert that Musk\u2019s focus on Space X and other ventures has permitted the quality of Tesla to \u201cfall victim.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn interviews with a dozen current and former Tesla employees, investors and analysts, critics pointed to a series of questionable business moves, and even outright missteps by Tesla, as a potential symptom of the outside demands on Musk,\u201d The Post states. \u201cThey described a company where Musk is less present and increasingly isolated, where subordinates are reluctant to question the CEO\u2019s vision, and where the de facto position entails eschewing market research. It\u2019s a top-down, shoot-by-the-hip ethos directed by Musk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Post notes, \u201cIn response to emails seeking comment, Musk replied only: \u2018Give my regards to your puppet master.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tesla submitted a regulatory filing in February stating, \u201cWe are highly dependent on the services of Elon Musk, our Chief Executive Officer and largest stockholder. Although Mr. Musk spends significant time with Tesla and is highly active in our management, he does not devote his full time and attention to Tesla.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-el=\"text\">Ed Niedermeyer, author of \u201cLudicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors,\u201d told the Post, \u201cThere isn\u2019t a culture at Tesla really other than \u2018let\u2019s do what Elon wants to do.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Post terms Musk\u2019s critical comments of the California\u2019s harsh lockdowns last April a \u201cpublic meltdown.\u201d Musk said at the time, \u201cTo say that they cannot leave their house and they will be arrested if they do, this is fascist. This is not democratic \u2014 this is not freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Post offers its criticisms of recent Tesla forays:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Tesla\u2019s hotly anticipated Model Y crossover, released in 2020, has surprisingly struggled, prompting the company to yank some variations from the lineup and cut the price by up to $3,000 at a time. Its refreshed Model S includes a controversial half-moon \u201cYoke\u201d style steering wheel which aims to automate turn signals and gear selections, something likely to be scrutinized by regulators.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Model Y faced quality control concerns after its launch early last year, including reports that the roof of a brand new vehicle blew off, and a back seat was not attached. Some analysts attributed poor build quality to the strain of producing cars during the pandemic.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Two more quotes from the Post: Jennifer Chatman, a management professor at the University of California at Berkeley\u2019s Haas School of Business, saying, \u201cWe\u2019re seeing this with Elon Musk: a lack of impulse control.\u201d An employee of Musk\u2019s: \u201cHe knows whatever he says, people do and he\u2019s taking advantage of it,\u201d adding that he warned a co-worker that Musk \u201cdoesn\u2019t care about you; he\u2019ll ruin you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asked for comment by The Washington Post on a profile that quoted various critics slamming him for being stretched too thin, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and Space X, fired &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274082,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Musk-1-1200x720-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Give My Regards To Your Puppet Master\u2019: Elon Musk Fires Back At WaPo Story And Owner Jeff Bezos","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-165837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Musk-1-1200x720-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Give My Regards To Your Puppet Master\u2019: Elon Musk Fires Back At WaPo Story And Owner Jeff Bezos","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}