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Law firm hired by Cruise says Cruise didn't mislead regulators, they just had trouble using the internet. Verge proceeds to repeat the claim uncritically (www.theverge.com)
submitted 9 months ago by sc_griffith@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems
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Actual framing:

Cruise wasn’t hiding the pedestrian-dragging video from regulators — it just had bad internet / An independent review of an incident in which a driverless Cruise vehicle dragged a pedestrian over 20 feet concludes the company has connectivity issues.

My expectations for journalists are low but goddamn

archive link: https://web.archive.org/web/20240126195607/https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/25/24050791/cruise-pedestrian-dragging-video-driverless-report

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[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Sadly this is not about journalists, but about 'independent' accountants, and it is now done at scale, but yes it has been done before it just leads to bad places.