CNBC is insane with their analysis of Tesla. It's really amazing. As a right wing person I don't understand why the liberal media attacks Tesla. It's so counter their supposed green goal. Ah but I digress. I just want Tesla to build cars at a profit lol.
What you have to remember is that while most of the media is liberal relative to some of the media (i.e., MSNBC, CNN, etc vs Fox News), mostly they are first and foremost corporations, with only a few outlets actually truly identifying with a political position. CNBC, CNN, etc are "liberal" because they can make money pretending to be, but they're really pro-corporate. If they were truly liberal they'd be backing progressive candidates instead of deriding them and backing corporate candidates, for example. There are of course media companies that truly are what the claim to be at all points along the spectrum, but they're the exception, not the rule. All the major players are pro corporate.
Since Tesla doesn't buy air time, and
controversy sells, they make their money on Tesla at Tesla's expense indirectly rather than directly. If Tesla spent millions or billions in ads, they would be far more polite, perhaps even supportive.
The truly liberal outlets that you'd expect to be pro Tesla will still sometimes find a reason to be anti-Tesla (whether it be in falling for FUD, or by not liking them because they're a large corporation worth billions and thus automatically evil, etc). Realistically, truly conservative outlets ought to support them as one of two never bankrupted domestic automakers and example of the American Dream success and so on, but similarly they are easily distracted by FUD and other things (such as their pro-environment selling points).
So Tesla has few true friends in the media, anywhere, when really, anyone who isn't a sellout anywhere on the spectrum should have a reason to support them..
