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Re:Reddit Is Being Manipulated by Professional Shills [video] by andrewem on Sunday March 19, 2017 @02:00PM (#13908632)
The response from the Public Editor does not say that the review was faked - it says the opposite, starting with the headline "Problems With Precision and Judgment, but Not Integrity, in Tesla Test". Later it says "I am convinced that he took on the test drive in good faith, and told the story as he experienced it."

I have no interest in this dispute, but it's clear that the conclusion you drew about what the Times piece said is incorrect.

https://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/publiceditor/2013/02/18/pro...

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Re:Reddit Is Being Manipulated by Professional Shills [video] by crdoconnor on Sunday March 19, 2017 @05:29PM (#13909750)
"Problems With Precision and Judgment, but Not Integrity"

The New York Times is hardly going to come out themselves and admit that they have a problem with integrity are they?

The sheer number of inaccuracies and the fact that they all cast Tesla in a poor light in this case was pretty telling, as were the financial incentives (Big 3 pay NYT's bills, Tesla doesn't).

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