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Stock Prius photo in crash article

Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by bwilson4web, Oct 27, 2010.

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    Fatal Driver's Sentence: 15 Years of Letter Writing - 'Creative sentencing' is new legal trend

    The article is about someone being sentenced to write a postcard, one each week, or face 15 years in jail, for a fatal car accident. Unfortunately, they grabbed a stock photo of a crashed Prius, perhaps one of the "unintended acceleration" crashes in New York for this article about a 2008, fatal accident. The original Orlando Sentinel article did not identify the cars in the original, fatal accident. . . . guilt by association.

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    Well, look at the bright side- at least the Prius wasn't obliterated.

    There are certain sites which I won't name who make it a standard practice to put stock photos that can be misleading.
     
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    Good news:
    Looks like responsible journalism. I don't mind a mistake if they fix it.

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