# Musk says people are tragically misled by news about Tesla crashes

> Original title: It is tragic that so many people still think the news is real

- Source: Elon Musk
- Published: 2026-10-24T14:16:59.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/ufrjwnxc1ru7fztk5xqfty0op
- Original: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2113998192547332212

## Summary

Elon Musk says it is tragic that many people still believe the news. He is responding to a post in which a coworker cancelled a Model Y test drive after seeing news reports about Teslas hitting people and crashing into trees and houses.

## Post

It is tragic that so many people still think the news is real

## Quoted post @dezmondOliver

> A coworker of mine who once called Elon a Nazi finally said he scheduled to test drive a Model Y yesterday after he learned that I own 2 of them and we talked for an hour about how much I love them and how good FSD is. I asked him how the demo drive went and he told me he cancelled it because he saw on the news how teslas have been hitting people and crashing into trees and houses and that he doesn’t trust that kind of technology. Unreal how fragile people are and how blindly they just believe legacy media.

https://x.com/dezmondOliver/status/2113787238928789992