Either of those articles would make a better post, if you'd care to submit one. Email hn@ycombinator.com and we'll keep an eye on it and turn off flags if the discussion is substantive.
Normally we'd change the URL on this submission, but this thread is past redemption.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-08/tesla-tak...
Alternate article, with actually some news on the SEC: https://www.wsj.com/articles/sec-has-made-inquiries-to-tesla...
The opinion piece only fuels Musk Mania, and I agree with you that its not a good starting point for discussion.