How Automakers Invented the Crime of “Jaywalking”

Re:How Automakers Invented the Crime of “Jaywalking” by ryandrake on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @11:37AM (#16159446)

You say this as if it's unusual for news articles to be solely written by various company's PR and marketing teams.

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Re:How Automakers Invented the Crime of “Jaywalking” by vijayr on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @11:42AM (#16159496)

But there is a difference between promoting a product vs shifting blame, isn't it?

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Re:How Automakers Invented the Crime of “Jaywalking” by ryandrake on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @12:29PM (#16159998)

In both cases, the entity creating the message is promoting a point of view in which it has a financial stake.

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Re:How Automakers Invented the Crime of “Jaywalking” by RickS on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @02:31PM (#16161447)

If the success of a product depends on shifting blame, that difference is very blurry.

See uber's "but taxis are evil/medallions are a monopoly!"

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