3 ms·
>> If there were a shred of truth to this the press and in >> particular news magazines like 60 minutes as well as WSJ >> and NYT would be all over this
by peteretep 12y ago
>> If there were a shred of truth to this the press and in
>> particular news magazines like 60 minutes as well as WSJ
>> and NYT would be all over this
> In the 80ies, it was 60 minutes who manufactured an
> "unintended acceleration" story, pretty much out of thin air.
Unless you think that investigative journalism has a strong interest for Sudden Acceleration, the take-away here is that they have a strong interest in scandal and stories that sell newspapers/airtime/whatever. The US government conspiring to protect the domestic auto market is exactly the kind of scandal that sells newspapers.