I don't think that reporting news is a hit-piece. Tesla has halted Cybertruck production due to this issue, that's just a fact. Any reason to stop production is newsworthy.
Unfortunately, a notorious history of dishonesty has left Musk and his companies with little credibility or believability. We can not rely upon Tesla to report bad news about themselves in a timely or reliable manner. If Tesla "confirmed" anything, we could likely conclude that the opposite is true.
