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This is a bad headline and it implies more than is actually documented by the journalist. Let's take a look at the true meaning of the word "refute": https://e

This is a bad headline and it implies more than is actually documented by the journalist. Let's take a look at the true meaning of the word "refute": https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/refute https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/refute "Refute" means "To prove something to be false or incorrect." This headline is abusing a proscribed meaning of "refute": "To deny the truth or correctness of something." Cruise has offered no evidence but only a press release in which they make counterclaims. To be fair, SFFD didn't really provide any evidence in their claims, either. So this is simply "he said, she said" until there is concrete sensor evidence to the contrary.

gsumpster 3y ago
Cruise did provide video evidence, mentioned in this article, though the contents were not described. A NY Times article on the same subject described the content of the video here (gift link):https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/02/technology/driverless-cars-cruise-san-francisco.html?unlocked_article_code=CgMWn8yRLrWQGNt_ZkA-vGPTBRxTGN876s6zPejnn7m8qGI8BF8a4fXxp2nnpKjT_0npPhtmI1Am0DNmUgEl-F6qSCLHH10eKHKZ6dUvk-p5dcjQPzh3Q94fstZyYrlLiLB0kbAzLnFLiBk8l8Low-j3hjpe7KZEUzzuG6G0WnjhvICv-d67XMEf6j2nd0IkZYuC25_KUGzkuwAT6Fl4kqB463ZE7PpimQ7TJkxcyxDs9LLfRyi2XYnyxKFH1X2Livk6AH1wgfi_GYtyZBK9C29UGkr-6wBV5sbI4XFci9E-VjM549nATd2jR7jSfXXNZGPMMsn_aadReSCjyUy2k-mCtbEf65RCt-Jscwk9Udpo&smid=url-share https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/02/technology/driverless-car...
cwillu 3y ago
“Cruise showed KRON4 footage from the night of the incident to explain its side of the story. Due to Cruise company policy, the footage was not released for public consumption.”
isityouyesitsme 3y ago
Overall, it is shoddy writing. A pet peeve of mine is on display: "The victim suffered critical injuries but died after reaching the hospital." The use of "but" here is confusing. It's the wrong conjunction. The author meant "and," as if to say "there were critical injuries and the outcome you expected was what happened," rather than "there were critical injuries, and contrary to what you would expect to have happened, what you expected to have happened did indeed happen."

gsumpster 3y ago

Cruise did provide video evidence, mentioned in this article, though the contents were not described. A NY Times article on the same subject described the content of the video here (gift link):https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/02/technology/driverless-cars-cruise-san-francisco.html?unlocked_article_code=CgMWn8yRLrWQGNt_ZkA-vGPTBRxTGN876s6zPejnn7m8qGI8BF8a4fXxp2nnpKjT_0npPhtmI1Am0DNmUgEl-F6qSCLHH10eKHKZ6dUvk-p5dcjQPzh3Q94fstZyYrlLiLB0kbAzLnFLiBk8l8Low-j3hjpe7KZEUzzuG6G0WnjhvICv-d67XMEf6j2nd0IkZYuC25_KUGzkuwAT6Fl4kqB463ZE7PpimQ7TJkxcyxDs9LLfRyi2XYnyxKFH1X2Livk6AH1wgfi_GYtyZBK9C29UGkr-6wBV5sbI4XFci9E-VjM549nATd2jR7jSfXXNZGPMMsn_aadReSCjyUy2k-mCtbEf65RCt-Jscwk9Udpo&smid=url-share https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/02/technology/driverless-car...

cwillu 3y ago

“Cruise showed KRON4 footage from the night of the incident to explain its side of the story. Due to Cruise company policy, the footage was not released for public consumption.”

isityouyesitsme 3y ago

Overall, it is shoddy writing. A pet peeve of mine is on display: "The victim suffered critical injuries but died after reaching the hospital." The use of "but" here is confusing. It's the wrong conjunction. The author meant "and," as if to say "there were critical injuries and the outcome you expected was what happened," rather than "there were critical injuries, and contrary to what you would expect to have happened, what you expected to have happened did indeed happen."