Did ABC Stage Report on Toyota Acceleration?

WTAQ 1360 AM ^ | March 9th | Jerry Bader

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

According to Toyota, as reported by the Wall Street Journal, ABC's report on potential acceleration problems shows the tachometer at 6,000 RPM when evidence of the vehicle shows it is in park. ABC has replaced the video (never a good sign). Further, this story involves a manipulation of the electronics in question. Toyota's counter offensive came on the same day an out of control Prius was stopped with help from police on a San Diego freeway.

Whether or not Toyota product has rapid acceleration problems is becoming the "Elvis sightings" equivalent of the automotive industry. As such, it could be a reputation, fairly or unfairly, that lingers with Toyota for a long time.

[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.

[rjones42]

You are on the wrong web site.

[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.

[RightOnline]

Am I now.....now just WTF does that mean, slick?

[Nachoman]

I find it interesting that these people manage to dial 911 on their cell phone, but don’t have the presence of mind to drop the car into neutral.

[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.

[Frantzie]

BS. I do not even like Toyo/Lexus. If they had a safety issue then cars would be crashing all over the USA and the rest of the world.

You sound like a UAW member or Obama supporter. Toyota’s and Lexuses are good cars but are incredibly overrated and often their owners are idiot libs.

[Frantzie]

Whoa! It was NBC and they had to use model rocket engines to ignite the tanks on impact. They could not get em to blow.

GM pretty much owned General Electric (NBC) but GM should have sued em for every penny. They settled. GE is a scum company.

[packrat35]

Yes it was faked. Read up on it, there are numerous articles and he is one step from getting arrested.

[meyer]

Last year, we had balloon boy. This year, it’s Prius boy.

[madison10]

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

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

-——————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.-—————

This topic requires a bit of expert separation.

-————That wasn’t faked.-—————

I totally agree, that wasn’t faked at all. Which damns ABCNews all the more.

If they have real and true examples to work with, why do they have to fake the news?

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

Toyota is laying in the bed that they made.

And now, ABC is also laying in that same bed. They didn’t have to stage the news, they have real world examples to work with. They *CHOSE* to stage the news and now ABC too has PR issues to deal with.

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

Yeah, I know. Which makes me wonder, what grudge is Disney Corp. holding against Toyota Corp.?

[GSP.FAN]

Yeah NBC,ABC,CBS they are all the same as we speak we are looking for a great deal on Toyota’s..
I was gonna buy a red Dodge Challenger R/T after barry took over GM i gave it a pass..