I really don’t understand what you’re trying to say, except a sort of generalized hate of journalists?

Because Levine very clearly expressed his expectation that Musk would, in fact, put a Tesla on a Falcon.

I also doubt anyone ever thought Uber was a joke. They may have critizised it for a litany of reasons, mostly being vindicated by now. But nobody considered it a literal joke, not at least because it’s missing the funny.