The Best Media Feuds of 2013
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THE NEW YORK TIMES VS. TESLA
In February, a New York Times reporter published a negative review of Tesla Motors’ Model S electric car. Tesla founder Tony Stark — er, I mean, Elon Musk — promptly tweeted, “NYTimes article about Tesla [driving] range in cold is fake. Vehicle logs tell true story that he didn’t actually charge to max & took a long detour.” Tesla’s logs were actually a little less conclusive than Musk insisted, but the internet chatterati decided that Tesla won this feud hands-down. Why? Because, duh, obviously the Times is in the pocket of Big Oil, thus its harsh review of a vehicle that I’m pretty sure we might all technically be legally required to worship as the Infallible Miracle Car of the Future.
VANITY FAIR VS. GWYNETH PALTROW
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