An AP story by Jim Muhr lionizes David Gilbert and insinuates Toyota applied improper pressure without fairly reporting the simple fact that Gilbert's claims about sudden acceleration were intellectually dishonest—rather, it simply quotes Gilbert as saying that the refutation was an attempt to pressure him. Given the use of internal university documents without any mention of their provenance, the story was almost certainly hand-crafted and hand-delivered by plaintiffs' lawyers. (Earlier.)
Another hit-piece on Toyota
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