It doesn't happen often but "I've been had" by the media. Specifically Hart van Nederland.
I told them electric cars catch fire 50x less than combustion vehicles. They leave that out and only let me talk about the fires being more problematic (min. 5 to 7).
https://www.hartvannederland.nl/uitzendingen/hart-van-nederland-late-editie/ACP2fPpCcpY
I told them electric cars catch fire 50x less than combustion vehicles. They leave that out and only let me talk about the fires being more problematic (min. 5 to 7).
https://www.hartvannederland.nl/uitzendingen/hart-van-nederland-late-editie/ACP2fPpCcpY
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Afterwards the editors called me up to ask if I was sure.
I told them I was and offered to send proof.
They said they believed me.
Didn't that change the picture?
I told them normal cars catch fire while standing still 31% of the time and electric cars catching fire while standing still about the same or at most twice as often.
I was beginning to get a very bad feeling about it but watching it back it's worse than I feared.
They can't even get themselves to say "he states electric cars catch fire less often".
Let alone "he emphasizes electric vehicles catch fire only rarely compared to combustion cars".
It is all so plainly an attempt to twist my words into something I didn't mean.
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The other part is annoyed, frustrated and wants to scream like always when this happens.
Dozens of people maybe? I expect this to be small, but would like to be wrong here
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