<VV> Brit Hume,Ralph Nader and The Corvair

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Thu, 4 Nov 2004 12:35:58 -0500


Brit Hume Interviewing Ralph Nader 

Introducing Ralph Tuesday evening Brit said," Your career started when you proved the Chevrolet Corvair was unsafe to drive." This statement is inaccurate in many ways. First,Ralph's book came out in 1966 during the same year that GM had planned to stop producing the Corvair due to market pressure from the Ford Mustang. Second,his book contained one chapter about the Corvair entitled, "Unsafe at Any Speed. Third, so as not to be viewed as being pressured by Mr. Nader the Corvair was produced three more years till 1969. Fourth,and finally,the Corvair was vindicated by the NHTSA in 1972,from Mr. Nader's and many other's claims. Retractions never loom as large as initial shock headlines.

Please check all of your facts before making inaccurate statements. Any subject deserves no less.

Bob Vukas