[bcbrown]

No kidding. "Public Editor agreed that John Broder had “problems with precision and judgment," “took casual and imprecise notes” and made “few conclusions that are unassailable.”"

What was actually written: "In the matter of the Tesla Model S and its now infamous test drive, there is still plenty to argue about and few conclusions that are unassailable."

[natrius]

Mangling a quote like that is effectively lying. It's a pretty stupid move to make after succeeding in challenging the negative PR.

[taligent]

>It's a pretty stupid move to make after succeeding in challenging the negative PR.

You must be crazy if you think Tesla has "succeeded" over this.

[natrius]

Complaining about the article caused more people to read it, but I'd bet that most of the people who read the article have also heard about other news outlets replicating the test without issue. The most common understanding of the situation is probably that the New York Times article was an exaggeration.