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Comment on Cause of Fatal 2021 Tesla Wreck Was “Excessive Speed” and “Alcohol Intoxication”parent

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It wasn't "media disinformation", it was the local constable and his accident investigators being wrong.

https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/tesla-spring-crash-f...

And even in that article, there's an addendum a couple of months later stating that a person was seen getting in the driver's seat and that the NTSB reenactment wasn't able to engage the autosteering when trying to replicate the crash.

I don't know what more you want from the press. They reported what they were told by the authorities. And then when new information came in, they reported that as well.

What most people actually want is better attention from the public, not better reporting from the media.

it was the local constable and his accident investigators being wrong

Possibly it's the media's job to question when law enforcement comments seem implausible?

What general reporter would have the experience and evidence to override an authority speaking with that confidence? They're reporting news. They report the law enforcement side and then the Tesla side. They updated (at the top of the article) twice as more information came to hand.

True, but are you questioning the NTSB as well?

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