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To: tejek who wrote (552284)	2/26/2010 4:29:52 PM
From: Brumar89	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) of 1575821

Media Auto Defects [Henry Payne] Detroit — No auto-safety scare is complete without journalistic malpractice. News reports on Toyota vehicles’ alleged sudden acceleration have routinely publicized tort-lawyer fantasies of “possessed” cars without investigating the underlying data. But ABC News — in the tradition of 60 Minutes (Audi) and Dateline NBC (GM) rigging cars to fail — tasked a tort stooge with sabotaging a Toyota in order to get the intended, shocking result. ABC reporter Brian Ross brought on "automotive expert" David Gilbert from Southern Illinois University to demonstrate an electronic glitch in a Toyota Avalon. What ABC did not explain is that Gilbert is a paid shill for trial lawyers. Specifically, he was paid for his investigation by notorious tort-lobby consultant Sean Kane’s Safety Research & Strategies, which is under contract with at least five law firms currently involved in Toyota litigation. By shorting together two normally independent throttle pedal sensors, Gilbert demonstrated that a Toyota Avalon throttle would go wide open regardless of the driver's input. But, as the technically reliable Autoblog.com explains, this only proved “that Gilbert was able to create a fault condition that could never happen without human intervention. To imply otherwise is unethical on the part of both ABC and Mr. Gilbert.” As with global warming, the MSM has abandoned objective reporting on auto-safety issues. And as with global warming, a growing alternative media in talk radio, blogs, and opinion pages have assumed the role of hard reporting. planetgore.nationalreview.com

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