A Tale Of Two Chevys Continued
Pity the print journalists. You work hard to live up to stringent standards of journalistic ethics, collect quotes, confirm sources and generally bust your hump only to have some snotnose with a laptop beat you to the punch. Ken Bensinger of the LA Times knows what I’m talking about. He has a piece today that compares the Chevy Malibu with the Chevy Impala, a contrast he spins into a number of critiques of GM’s product overlap, cannibalism and image-weakening products. Sound familiar? I thought so. As tempting as it might be to blame the family bankruptcy for falling standards, or guffaw at the very notion of a newspaper criticizing an automaker’s business decisions, this isn’t Newspaper Deathwatch. On to the cars.
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mmm me likey Impala SS
Lord Vader... your car is ready. (Deep voice, heavy breathing) "I trust that the repairs were successful."
This wasn't a "car review" it was a front page story attempting to point out one of the many problems that GM has. And something TTAC has already covered.In far greater detail and in more depth. It goes beyond cars.It's almost an editorial given. Any so called "newspaper" that has a list of 100 words they will not use for fear of "offending" ["illegal alien" comes to mind]is more about political correctness than who what when where how and why. The LA Times is, as usual, late to the game and derivative.And dying.