Analysis: ABC News report shouldn't panic Toyota drivers
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/safety/" rel="tag">Safety</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/tech/" rel="tag">Technology</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/toyota/" rel="tag">Toyota</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/02/23/abc-news-report-shouldnt-panic-toyota-drivers/#continued"><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/02/abcgilbertkane100222main-1266964538.jpg" alt="" /></a></div>
<br />
You may have noticed that there have been a large number of reports recently about <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/toyota/">Toyota</a> and the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/toyota_recall/guide">continuing series of recalls</a> it has announced in recent weeks. Here at Autoblog we try to be fair and tell the story as best we can without being inflamattory. Unfortunately, the same can not be said of all media outlets. ABC News, and reporter Brian Ross in particular, have been particularly vigorous in pursuit of <em>a</em> story - not <em>the</em> story.<br />
<br />
Let's make one thing clear. Autoblog is not a cheerleading section for Toyota, or for trial lawyers, TV presenters or politicians with nothing better to do. We'd like to present the information to our readers without unnecessarily frightening anyone. <br />
<br />
We also want to avoid the sort of debacle that happened with CBS and the Audi 5000 in the '80s and NBC with the General Motors side-saddle gas tanks in the '90s. In each of those cases, tests were setup to "simulate" the purported problem, but the tests did not exactly simulate real world conditions and showed unrealistic scenarios. <br />
<br />
A recent report from Ross on ABC News featured an "automotive expert" named David W. Gilbert from Southern Illinois University attempting to demonstrate an electronic glitch in a Toyota Avalon. Let's discuss this report in more detail <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/02/23/abc-news-report-shouldnt-panic-toyota-drivers/#continued">after the jump</a>. <br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/toyota_recall/guide"><img hspace="0" border="0" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/02/ab-recall-banner-sm-1265124357-1266872213-1266887266.png" /></a><br />
<em><strong><small>Tire d of Toyota recall news? Try out the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/exclude/toyota+recall">recall-free version</a> of Autoblog.</small></strong></em><p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/02/23/abc-news-report-shouldnt-panic-toyota-drivers/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Analysis: ABC News report shouldn't panic Toyota drivers</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/02/23/abc-news-report-shouldnt-panic-toyota-drivers/">Analysis: ABC News report shouldn't panic Toyota drivers</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:28:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/02/23/abc-news-report-shouldnt-panic-toyota-drivers/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19370185/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/02/23/abc-news-report-shouldnt-panic-toyota-drivers/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

أكثر...