Posted on 09/15/2004 6:16:28 AM PDT by OESY
...and Andy Rooney is 273.
Who were the models?
Did you ever see a car wreck on the highway?
LOL, seems to me this 'gold standard' has had some very significant runs in the past where they faked test results to get a story.
If I read something correctly yesterday it stated CBS viewers were up.
Hopefully it's the same impulse that leads to rubbernecking on highways.
That's a WONDERFUL graphic!
Of course more people are watching CBS. They want to see Dan fix his problem (or fall on his face).
The intersting thin is how the CBS reproters and staffers feel, knowing that they are a laughingstock. Over a period of months or years, this is going to hurt.
Does SeeBS have even a shred of credibility left? I haven't watched SeeBS for years and years. Also, their prime time shows suck swamp gas and really stink. SeeBS is the network most viewed by halfwits and morons.
It's worse than that. Not only was Audi not "hiding" such a problem, but Audi had no such problem in the first place.
The problem was that some Audi owners were mistakenly mashing their gas pedals instead of their brake pedals. In fact, the very case which "60 Minutes" made the centerpiece of their segment involved a woman whose statement to police actually admitted hitting the gas pedal by accident. "60 Minutes" chose to "forget" to mention that and slanted the incident, and the entire segment, in a way that made it look as if Audi had an unidentified mechanical problem which caused their cars to accelerate by themselves.
Audi's "fix" for the "problem" was to make it so that you couldn't shift the car out of Park or Neutral unless your foot was actually ON THE BRAKE (as opposed to somewhere else, like on the freaking gas pedal).
It's sad finding out that the integrity of the big 3 networks is not that great, since, where does that leave us?
But I guess most of us here at FR have been well aware of it for a long time.
"Forgery Charges Could Damage CBS Credibility"
You can't damage something that never existed!
Whadda ya mean, "could"?
Hoy, hoy, hoy...
Now that's a real stretch. "60 Minutes" specializes in one-sided hit pieces with no attempt at fairness. For example, how many "60 Minutes" segments have you seen devoted to the evils of SUVs? How many devoted to the reasons for the wild popularity of SUVs? (Hint: zero.) "60 Minutes" is not a news show; it's an entertainment show.
Absolutely agree. In the sense of schadenfraude, I'm glad CBS is handling it the way it is. This will become a case study in how to completely mishandle a public relations crisis.
CHARGE THEM.
Not so surprising. It's the rubberneck effect. How often do you have a ringside seat to a slow motion corporate suicide?
It is not the forgery charges that are damaging. Everyone in life has been fooled at some point or other.
What is devastating CBS credibility is the CBS stonewalling and cover up.
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