That article relates to self-driving, not faults. Reliability is a big enough topic that it’s hard to read this comment as much more than cruelty.

But seems like the attitude towards freedom of speech applies also to other parts of the marketing strategy of Tesla, no?

Reliability could be a bigger argument, but let's be honest at a certain point, the Tesla price point should at least make it score higher than low end cars in the linked chart, don't you think so?