Tesla’s Musk defends comments made during conference call

By Marley Jay, The Associated Press
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is going on the defensive Friday in a series of tweets, saying the people he shut down during a contentious conference call were analysts who believe investors could profit by betting the company’s stock price will fall.
Musk came under scrutiny after the conference call to discuss Tesla’s quarterly earnings Wednesday went awry. He was criticized for cutting off two analysts who asked about the electric vehicle and solar panel c