I would say that , Sand Munro used to be well respected, till he made the mistake of buying TSLA shares anthen d making his "independend" analysis of TSLA cars.

If nothing else, it was not exactly ethical, leaving aside the fact, that his analysis are in bit of disharmony with overeall quality statistitcs.

One of many sources: https://twitter.com/sawyermerritt/status/1349824406726578179