But I think you missed my point, what is the financial stake for the reported to LIE. You are starting with the assumptions, I am saying if you view it from the above angle and ASSUME you don't know how is stretching the truth one party has a lot more financial stake than the other to lie.

Think about it for one second: who has more motive to outright lie? The reporter who will lose credibility and a job if caught in a blatant lie, or the company CEO who has hundreds of millions and his reputation invested in performance of the car? Stop just yelling how the reporter is in the pocket of big oil, show me his financial stake in Tesla failing. He may have opinions (right or wrong). It's pretty easy to see the financial interests of the CEO in Tesla not failing. If only people spend 5 seconds not being fooled by noise and just cut to the chase, even politics would work!