How do we determine that though?

I say it is way too easy to BELIEVE that the motives of people who do things we don't like ... are wrong / they're pushing a POV.

I see these types of accusations thrown around a lot, even on HN, "oh this writer doesn't like Tesla" and I very rarely see anything but what appears to be an emotional appeal to others who don't like that news story.

It's just so easy to think someone else must have some ulterior motive, otherwise they wouldn't logically have come to that conclusion...