If observing a trend and finding behaviour which fits the trend is enough to base a hypothesis on [1] it is certainly enough to mention it here. That 'claim without evidence' is quite silly and can be disproven by anyone by doing a few web searches. Here's what I get as the first 10 results on the query 'site:www.latimes.com Elon Musk', using SearXNG pointed at the usual gaggle of search engines. There are thousands of results like these, #11 on the list was 'Elon Musk is an anti-semite' but it did not make the mark. Do you notice a trend in these first 10 results? If you don't trust my results you can repeat the experiment using whatever search engine you prefer. Take the first X results and mark them as 'positive'/'neutral'/'negative' with regard to their impact on Musk. You can do the same experiment with whatever 'famous person' or 'famous company' or 'popular subject' you want and judge the results. If you're into that newfangled 'AI' thing and trust the results returned by those models you could leave this task to one of those, something the LA Times itself experimented with for a while.

   1: https://www.latimes.com › business › story › 2025-04-28 › elon-musks-companies-face-at-least-2-37-billion-in-potential-federal-penalties-trump-doge-tesla-spacex-blumenthal
   Musk's conflicts: $2.37 billion in possible federal penalties, report says

   Elon Musk and his companies faced at least $2.37 billion in potential federal fines and penalties the day President Trump took office. 


   2: https://www.latimes.com › entertainment-arts › books › story › 2023-09-12 › interview-with-walter-isaacson-about-his-biography-elon-musk
   Inside 'Elon Musk,' Walter Isaacson's billionaire biography

   12 Sept 2023 ... The 688-page opus details Musk's brutal treatment of workers and colleagues, his impulsive business moves and his chaotic romantic life. 


   3: https://www.latimes.com › entertainment-arts › story › 2022-11-02 › column-elon-musks-twitter-and-the-con-of-online-media
   Column: Elon Musk, Twitter and the con of online media

   Elon Musk (pictured after testifying in a Delaware court in 2021) is coming to a realization those who work in traditional media reached years ... 


   4: https://www.latimes.com › business › story › 2025-03-27 › elon-musk-trump-doge-conflicts-of-interest
   These departments investigating Elon Musk have been cut by DOGE ...

   Reuters reported that DOGE cuts eliminated the jobs of employees overseeing Elon Musk's Neuralink company, which is testing a brain implant ... 


   5: https://www.latimes.com › business › story › 2022-11-14 › elon-musk-toxic-boss-timeline
   Is Elon Musk a bad boss? Ask Tesla, SpaceX, Twitter workers

   Elon Musk's track record as a boss is an endless scroll of impulse firings, retribution, tone-deafness on race — and the impregnation of a ... 


   6: https://www.latimes.com › opinion › letters-to-the-editor › story › 2025-03-13 › i-bought-my-tesla-years-before-elon-musk-went-maga-dont-judge-me
   I bought my Tesla years before Elon Musk went MAGA. Don't judge me

   "When did the brand of car I drive become a political statement?" asks a reader who drives a Tesla with 112000 miles on it. 


   7: https://www.latimes.com › opinion › letters-to-the-editor › story › 2025-02-11 › americans-want-fiscal-responsibility-but-no-one-elected-elon-musk
   Americans want fiscal responsibility, but no one elected Elon Musk

   There are legal ways to enact fiscal responsibility. Having an unelected billionaire target federal agencies isn't one of them. 


   8: https://www.latimes.com › opinion › letters-to-the-editor › story › 2025-02-25 › elon-musk-is-any-private-business-nightmare-of-a-ceo
   Elon Musk is any private business' nightmare of a CEO

   Indiscriminately firing nuclear safety workers is the kind of recklessness that would get a CEO fired — but not Elon Musk. 


   9: https://www.latimes.com › business › story › 2025-01-14 › elon-musk-sued-by-sec-over-late-disclosure-of-twitter-stake-in-2022
   Elon Musk sued by SEC over late 2022 disclosure of Twitter stake

   The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued Elon Musk on Tuesday, alleging failure to timely disclose that he bought more than 5% of ... 


   10: https://www.latimes.com › business › story › 2022-05-18 › how-does-elon-musk-get-away-with-it
   Hiltzik: How does Elon Musk get away with breaking the law?

   In his takeover adventure with Twitter, it seems more likely than not that Elon Musk has broken the law. In some respects, his lawbreaking ... 


 [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistical_hypothesis_test