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		steve19 on Feb 12, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Toyota, The Media Owe You an Apology The alternative was doing nothing and being raped by the media for killing people and doing nothing about it. What choice did Toyota have? Better to be seen doing something even if the problem did not exist.

eli on Feb 12, 2011 [–]

Well, isn't that kinda what they did? The fine wasn't for having unsafe cars. It was for getting reports that their cars were unsafe and hiding them from regulators

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