If Elon Musk ever gets himself into a scandal, just remember today, when the entire nation praised his widespread abilities in light of his company, Tesla Motor Inc., vastly outperforming projected revenues in their latest financial report.

To summarize:

NBC puts Elon Musk in their top 25. In a preview to its upcoming list of the "25 most influential business leaders of the past 25 years," NBC asked viewers to vote for the more influential of Musk and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos before crediting the 42 year-old Musk with "fundamentally changing the auto industry." After tracking Tesla's beginning with the modestly successfully Roadster in 2008, NBC lauded the company's growth through direct sales rather than contracts with auto dealers, its propagation of recharging stations, and its place as a model in the up and down auto industry. By the way, I voted for Elon Musk; as of 10:30 am EST, the polls are 48 percent Musk, 52 percent Bezos.

Value Walk respect's Tesla's walk and talk. The investment website's mostly factual recap of Tesla's impressive quarter report (announced by Musk in a conference call) expressed optimism regarding the company's upcoming Giga Factory, which will mass produce solar batteries, and approved of the way they intend to handle the financial impact of the factory's construction.

Jim Cramer is spooked, humbled, impressed by Musk. The Wall Street prognosticator called Tesla a "cult stock," as a reference to its short term volatility and long term potential -- and to his status as an outsider looking in. Cramer seems to view Tesla the way non-fans of "Donnie Darko" view its fans. We recognize it's a great movie, but maybe we don't understand - or are afraid - of its true power. Thus, he won't bet with Musk, but he won't bet against him.

"But Tesla?" Cramer asks before answering the question of tech stocks. "My hat is off to Elon Musk. He's made a study of cars. He's made a study of growth stocks. And he knows how to make both better than anyone I have ever seen in history."

CNET's headline says it all. "Second-guessing Elon Musk is turning into an expensive lesson."

University of Pennsylvania student weighs in. Back when I listed Musk number two in my list of the "top five man crushes of 2013," I quoted my brother, who currently attends Musk's alma mater, as saying, "everybody at UPenn dreams of working for Musk."