My alternative is to present the data including how long before the crash the system deactivated and not just report all of the incidents into one category. This requires nuance and judgement in reporting.

I'm not blaming Tesla or the NHTSA for this, I'm blaming the WP as their reporting on this lacks any information and seems rather to just paint the data in such a way to make Tesla look bad. There's no room for interpretation by the reader because no actual useful data is presented.

Edited to correct my naming of the article source.