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Edward Niedermeyer: Reader sense of entitlement is ‘saddening’
“While [The Truth About Cars] has always thrived on pull-no-punches discourse, and though I have personally learned and grown from the criticism I received as editor here, the sense of entitlement demonstrated by some members […]
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Mike Spinelli: Car buff readers can be sanctimonious nitpickers
“You know how it is when you are 12 years old and your parents do something that embarrasses you and you unload on them? Some people have never really left that (stage). I think that […]
Editor's Note
Why we’ve been slow to offer comments
Lockstops (2019) concluded that Greens and leftists “are like a cancer.” 28-Cars-Later (2019b) suggested that mercenaries should be hired to “start popping the heads off” members of the European Union Commission. Why the vitriol? Because […]
Media Analysis
The Truth About Cars falsely stokes fears of private car ban
The headline was about as alarmist as you can get for an auto enthusiast website: “UK Parliament Committee Wants to Ban All Private Cars and Trucks by 2050.” Writer Ronnie Schreiber (2019) then proceeded to […]