Toyota Demands Public Apology And Retraction From ABC News - Should They Get It?

no

The problem with all the haters on this site, and anywhere really, is that they think without reason.

Since when is the media accountable for accuracy?

Wow I am really tired about Toyota bla bla bla tv commercial every moment "I love toyota car" "this is the best car" etc ,etc is to much whatever the problem was goverment have to investigate deeply because they never going to say the true and they never was clear with theirs customers the principal sign is that they said first (floor carpet) then pedal and always mention Toyota and never Lexus to avoid more panic at the end is the same thing, I hope some day the true come up and we see what really happens. I just feel sad about toyota customers is some of them are worried about the actual safety situation because several of them don't know what really happens actually. I am not a toyota customer and I never will.

I'm sorry, I didn't understand any of that... take a breath and try rephrasing for us?

Honestly I think ABC makes a pretty good argument that they in fact DID provide an opportunity for Toyota to respond and that Toyota did not respond the a manner expected (posting it on Toyota's website without notification to ABC. As for the Tach shot that is pretty low but it happens in almost every story, no matter the contents. Everything is sensationalized or else it doesn't stand out.

Do I think ABC will apologize? Yes, do they deserve it? In some respects yes but in some no.

Well that isn't at all biased is it?

Seriously ABC DID contact Toyota's PR guy (mentioned in the article). They did tell Toyota that they were going to do the story and were looking for a retort/reply. Toyota didn't send them the reply but did put it on their website (did you even bother to read the article?) but didn't tell ABC that is where the reply was. Once ABC learned of the reply it was added in the next broadcast of the segment.

I already admitted the tach shot was low brow and shouldn't have been done. And if anyone in all of this needs to beg the public for forgiveness I don't think it is ABC. And I seriously doubt they were attempting to destroy Toyota.

Lets think the replies through next time and not just fly off the handle, OK?

Why does ABC have to apologize for airing a story that is technically true?

Because the last time Americans pissed off the Japanese, Pearl Habour got bombed..

Joe...fine if Toyota should apologize if it's "technically true" then so should Chevy, BMW, Ford and Subaru as the same test Gilbert conducted would cause sudden acceleration in those vehicles as well, as reported!

Your logic is flawed. Toyota wasn't being forced to apologize, if anything those other companies should be forcing abc to be apologizing to them. But apparently only Toyota is getting defensive over it.

Look there have been mistakes made on both the media's part,the governments part and Toyota's part. There is plenty of blame to go around. I have issues with the fact that former Toyota employees where employed with the National Highway Safety Administration. Why did this government organization allow this? Why has Toyota been so secretive and slow to respond to all the customer complaints and allegations? Why does the media not do a better job in researching accuracy for important news stories? Finally what always happens in situations like these is that certain people become copycats,ambulance chasers etc.The guy with the runaway Prius in California certainly is starting to look this way.But Toyota certainly screwed up as far as handling this from a media perspective. They worked so hard to cover up any problems with their vehicles. What about the premature rust on Tundra chassis's.If I were ABC I would apologize.It gives them more credability.

Yes, they should.

1. Because they made a fake video which only will help to spread fear and anti-Toyota sentiment. Clumsy jouranlism.

2. ABC is crap news organization

No, they should not.

No! F*%& toyota

Toyota should sue, as GM did when NBC rigged up the GM trucks to explode. Then we'll see an apology real quick!

Hey ABC was wrong and Toyota and everyone else that ABC wronged deserves an apoligy.

Definately. This was a remarkably irresponsible editorial decision by ABC. About 20 years ago CBS did the same thing to Audi with a bogus contrivance on the 5000 and almost bankrupted the company.

Once again Toyota is proving the entity is more important than the individual.

Yes, if there is a shred of journalistic integrity left in ABC News.

It is okay for toyota to lie to the public but if ABC has a technical demonstration of a possible scenario invovling toyota it is a problem? Toyota should be appolagizing more than they have already for still not be able to fix the safety deffect that is still killing people.

Yes is true people and specially toyota customer are blind must of them is the brand has problem that's ok and they need to fix it and alert all customers first.

No because Toyota apologized to the American public over various TV ads stating that they are going to fix the problem. Therefore, Toyota admitted fault!

Pedal Choice Error, on a massive scale. http://on.wsj.com/ceMRSB