[mgoetzke]

It matters because it helps the "Elon Bad" storyline, that seems to be the connecting thread between all these "reports" whether about SpaceX or Tesla by some news outlets which dont even do the due diligence of putting the stories into any kind of perspective or try to find out if the implied premise of the headline is true or should even matter to the casual reader.

[DemocracyFTW2]

At this point deorbiting satellites is rather on the light side of whatever Musk is doing and saying these days, don't you think?