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Are the Automakers Silencing Ad Supported Media Criticism?

I don't think any manager at any company has a problem with accurate reporting and professional journalism, but when your company has been bashed repeatedly by pseudo-journalists jumping on the bandwagon and spreading mis-information and lies about your company, you can only ignore it for so long. The problem has gotten so bad of late that these companies - the detroit 3, have to stand up use what power they have to put a stop to it. Its one thing to report the news and another to spread rumours. Here's a quote from one of the big three news anchors - "GM has ignored the market, built gas guzzlers that nobody wants and hasn't invested in new fuel saving technology" - Nothing could be further from the truth. Just how do you get to be the worlds largest automaker building vehciles nobody wants - in 2007 some 9.4 million "nobodies" bought GM vehicles. Concerning investments in fuel saving technologies - GM spends more in research and development of fuewl saving technology than any other manufacturer world wide - bar none. As for gas guzzler's - GM and Ford and to a much lesser degree Chysler Dodge are the ONLY full line manufacturers. The only ones who build commercial trucks in the 3/4 and 1 Ton range - these vehicles contribute to the overall average corporate fuel economy. Obviously if you are Honda, who doesn't build anything that's considered a truck by cafe standards you will have the highest CAFE numbers.

So if the reporting is fair and the truth is told you won't hear any of the detroit 3 complaining or pulling their ad dollars - it is you pseudo-journalists who spread the lies and untruths that do harm to this country and it's economy. If you want to know where all the money is that GM has earned - The GM pension fund has asset values in the range of 100 BILLION dollars.