A Most Peculiar Test Drive – Follow Up

Re:A Most Peculiar Test Drive – Follow Up by metalsahu on Tuesday February 19, 2013 @09:55PM (#5248689)

I see nothing wrong in Musk defending his position vigorously because he had complete faith in the car but more so because the logs clearly indicate Broder forgot to top-off. The NYT review is damaging not only to Tesla's sales but also questions the viability of electric cars. I am ok with how Musk handled the situation and I don't think Tesla is going to lose any more goodwill in the long run any more than Apple lost during Steve Jobs' response during 'Antennagate'...the difference is that there is no damning evidence against the Tesla.

More importantly I feel that this incident has heralded a new era in media communications where the press can no longer wield this one-sided power over companies, now the companies are in a position to retort back.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:A Most Peculiar Test Drive – Follow Up by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday February 19, 2013 @10:04PM (#5248723)

I see something wrong in him mis-representing his opponent. Saying the New York Times "no longer believes that it was an accurate account of what happened" is a rose-tinted reading of the Times's response [1]. Granted, I may be projecting my Swiss sensibilities about what constitutes honest discourse.

[1] http://publiceditor.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/18/problems-wi...

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:A Most Peculiar Test Drive – Follow Up by vetrom on Tuesday February 19, 2013 @11:14PM (#5248904)

Unfortunately for us Americans, the Swiss have had at least a couple of hundreds of years longer to evolve discourse in the public eye, depending on how you read your history.

While there have been exceptions, I would imagine that the first real wide-ranging impact of such discourse in public in the States here began in the previous decade.

[ Parent | on HN ]