NBC gets it WRONG on the electric car
The Tesla S Sedan during is unveiling in Los Angeles earlier this year.
This morning on the Today show, reporter Miguel Almaguer produced a story about $500,000,000 government funding of Fisker Automotive for the development of their electric car. It seemed like it would be a good story about government waste but it really highlighted how bad of a job journalists of today are doing!
What really drove me nuts about the piece was that Almaguer portrayed the electric car as “for the elite” saying that both the Fisker and Tesla were over $90k.
WRONG: If Almaguer had done his homework aka his job, we would have reported that the TESLA S Sedan is priced at around $40k and holds up to 7 people, can drive 350 miles on a charge and is already accepting pre-orders.
Instead they portrayed the electric car as something that is in concept mode and they promoted Al Gores latest investment in a concept car rather than highlighting the revolutionary Tesla S Sedan that will be available in about a year.
One side note: Why is the US Government aka US Tax Payers, giving a HALF-BILLION DOLLAR loan to a foreign own designer of a concept car?
Tags: Al Gore, Bad Reporting, Big Brother, Electric Car, Family, Fisker, Insanity, Miguel Almaguer, Safety, Tesla
Family Safety, Technology, World Gone Wild | Philip September 28, 2009