It's not like they pointed a pistol at him. It was his own personal choice to say he would react like Senna (theoretically he could have mentioned Prost ).
He chose specifically to adhere to Senna, the driver who did the most controversial and disgusting thing ever in these circumstances.
but the media have been comparing them to senna and prost,and they havent been saying lewis is like prost.theyve been saying lewis is like senna,nico like prost.