[Halfmanhalfamazing]

So who is ABC trying to help out with this? Obama? Government motors?

What does this mean?

I'm sure ABC had some....... uhhh........ documents...... to back up their claims. Right?

[dalebert]

i noticed that dispatcher asked type of car first....i wondered if people are piling on. seems strange

[Cicero]

Maybe Obama promised that he wouldn’t preempt their prime time shows for a while if they ran this scam for him.

[RightOnline]

Sorry. Don’t buy it. I heard (as most of you have) the 911 “conversation” between that driver of the runaway Prius and the dispatcher. That wasn’t faked.

Toyota’s in a world of hurt and they have SERIOUS problems, far beyond P.R. issues.

Now all of you loyal, “I LOVE my Toyota” types can relax. We can’t damn an entire line of cars/trucks in one fell swoop, but to deny that Toyota has potentially deadly issues to deal with in multiple models is now undeniable.

Any of you ever work for a huge corporation that put “profits” over.....well, anything else? Hell, I sure have.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Something, indeed, STINKS!

[Frantzie]

ABC News is owned by the Walt Disney Company.

[GSP.FAN]

I believe it was ABC who did the expose on dual gas tanks on Chevy’s that blew up on impact..
2 weeks later i got a great deal on a Chevy with dual tanks,it was a work horse for 6 yrs and took a 50% loss when i sold it..

[G Larry]

I noticed that the San Diego, Prius driver recently filed bankruptcy and ran a porn business.

Anybody that needs to be told to stand on the brake, set the parking brake, and turn off the engine, is suspect in my book.

[rabidralph]

Simulating an event is a normal journalistic practice when you are working with one camera and you need to fill an aspect of the story with a "cutaway" shot. As an example, when they have those hunting shows that show the camera watching a game animal, the single camera cannot capture shots of the hunter and the animal being shot at the same time. So, the video of the animal being shot is recorded and then after the kill, the hunter "re-creates" the events leading up to the shooting so the camera can capture his actions and reaction. The two segments are edited together seamlessly as if three or four cameras are covering the hunt. The same thing is done in pre-recorded studio news interviews where you see those silly reaction shots from the reporter. Again, with one camera shooting the interview, all of the shots are focused on the interviewee and then afterward, the reporter records several reaction shots of her nodding her head, looking concerned and skeptical, etc.

Now, ABC erred in re-creating the cutaway shot of the tachometer, without noting that it was a re-creation. They should have said it was a simulation of what's been happening to some Toyotas, instead of letting the cutaway go as something they captured live while shooting the story.

[madison10]

Probably. What media outlet pulled that stunt last time? Staging car problems and passing it them off as true?

[GregoryFul]

It is ABC, who cares? They lie, even if once in a while they tell the truth, who can trust them? Who cares?

[onedoug]

soetoro is a congenital liar, first and foremost. Start there and work your way down.

[RightOnline]

Good Lord in Heaven. I’ve been on this site since ‘98....and now I’m being called a UAW member, Obama supporter, told I’m “on the wrong site”, etc., etc.

Makes me wonder what FR is becoming.

Use your heads and lose the conspiracy theories. There have been dozens of these incidents and more than a few have resulted in fatalities.

I don’t give a flying fiddler’s damn about ABC....we all know they’re liars. To equate legitimate criticism of Toyota with defense of ABC is beyond the pale.

Some of you folks should be ashamed of yourselves.