This. But also, that kind of the issue. For the most part you don't need access anymore. All you need is ONE interview and sometimes that's all it take. Get that, ask your shyt then flesh the rest of it out with evidence from people around him. There's nothing great that's going to come from Don Lemon interviewing Elon 6 times.
Once is all you need. I wish more journalists felt empowered by their editors to have this mindset.
Unfortunately the advertising is what pays the bills and they need those dollars so a legitimate story and interview that exposes a fraud is something that would get shaved down into mild criticism.
Crowd funded journalism through YouTube is where I'm getting actual details and sources. At this point mainstream news will tell you what happened but completely ignore context, precedent, and assign responsibility based on evidence.
It's how you end up with weasel words and terms.
An idiot is called "a controversial figure"
Someone spewing racism is "making racially charged statements"
Donald Trump referring to other countries as shyt holes gets turned into "tough talk"
Elon musk is a racist with poor critical thinking skills and a profound lack of fluency in how he expresses himself as you can see in any interview of him. He stammers as he struggles with even the most minor pushback. You see him turning visibly red at even the mildest questioning and he really thinks life is like a comment section where he can say one thing and everyone will clap and cheer for him. But instead we get moments like this:
They fukking
laughed at him but as you can see in the comments his fans think what he said was totally epic and cool or whatever.