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Re:Ex-Tesla worker escalates battle by blowing whistle to SEC by codeisawesome on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @09:47PM (#17511625)
> Tripp’s allegations were summarized in a statement from Meissner Associates, a New York-based law firm that represented a former Monsanto Co. employee who was awarded $22 million in August 2016 for tipping off the SEC to improper accounting.

much later down the winding language of the article

> Meissner said he won’t be representing Tripp in the federal lawsuit in Nevada. Tripp “is in the process of interviewing attorneys,” he said in a phone interview Wednesday. “It’s not easy to find counsel. There’s almost a cult of Tesla.”

Why not present these facts together in one paragraph? Because people don’t read all the way through, and it helps feed rumours.

Just another article hitting the HN front page with a sensationalist title and breathless writing.

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