Famous for exposing the dangers of the Ford Pinto? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Pinto
More recently, it has been argued (in a well-known 1991 law review paper by Gary Schwartz [2], among others) that the case against the Pinto was less clear-cut than commonly supposed. Only 27 people ever died in Pinto fires. Given the Pinto's production figures (over 2 million built), this was no worse than typical for the time, and far less than the "hundreds" claimed by the consumer safety advocates whose allegations are largely responsible for the reputation of the vehicle. Schwartz argues that the car was no more fire-prone than other cars of the time, and that the supposed "smoking gun" document showing Ford's callousness actually referred to the auto industry in general rather than the Pinto specifically. On 6/14/06, Dana Tierney wrote: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Jones_%28magazine%29 > > ::shrug:: I stand by the source. If you're that worried in the Michael Moore > thing some years back, well, they fired him... > > > In your eyes or mine? An editorial opinion still has validity you know, > > depending on how well-grounded it is. I read George Will all the time, > > and respect him quite a bit, even though we don't agree on much. > > > > >Doesn't the fact that Michael Moore was an editor there destroy all > > >it's credibility? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:209395 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
