Mark Rechtin of Automotive News has a good opinion piecce today about the decidedly mediocre coverage given to the production launch of the +Tesla Motors Model S last Friday. Aside from +Motor Trend Magazine's Frank Markus who had a longer drive a day earlier and I believe one one other journalist, no one on Friday had more than 10 minutes in the car.

That's barely enough for a cursory evaluation and on a prescribed course it doesn't tell you much except the basics of maybe acceleration and braking. While Frank's evaluation was generally positive no one can seriously provide a proper review yet. With over 100 media in attendance, there also nothing exclusive about anyone else's report so calling it that is bogus.   We've got more media outlets than ever out there and unfortunately most of them have little to be proud of.

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When journalism becomes shilling
SAN JOSE, Calif. — George Orwell said, “Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations.” So what does it mean when a car company carefully orchest…

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+Motor Trend Magazine pits the brand-new 2013 +Ford Motor Company Escape against it's competitors in the compact CUV segment from +Mazda USA, +Volkswagen USA, +Kia Motors and +Honda.  Check out the article to see which came out on top.  

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Ford Escape vs. Honda CR-V vs. Kia Sportage vs. Mazda CX-5 vs. Volkswagen Tiguan – 2012/2013 Compact Crossover SUV Comparison – Motor Trend
In the 15-some years that have passed since the launch of the first-generation Toyota RAV4 and Honda CR-V things have changed tremendously. Read on to learn more on the Volkswagen Tiguan, Kia Sportage…

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