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Hopefully 2 years to think on their jokes ups their game this year. This was a great prank on the media, albeit a day or two early.
If anything, this is an amazing insight onto how the media will report anything from a press release without a minimum of investigation. The name change was essentially breaking news everywhere. - they're changing the almost 100 years old name with... a pun on that name? Even a teenager would see it as a joke. - the announcement comes out 2 days before April 1st and is deleted from the website shortly after publishin…
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> Obituaries are prematurely published all the time Unless you're describing Death Note I'm not sure what you mean by this.
Publications have pre-written obituaries for famous people to make sure they can respond immediately when somebody famous dies. Occasionally these obituaries get published in response to incorrect rumors or simply through some kind of internal error—always a bit awkward!
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Call them market leaders in Europe. Volkswagen owns 12 automotive brands and they sold the most BEVs in Europe in 2020: https://ev-sales.blogspot.com/2021/01/europe-december-2020.h... So far they're still leading in Europe in 2021: https://ev-sales.blogspot.com/2021/03/europe-february-2021.h... Eventually they'll be the biggest BEV maker worldwide. It's not surprising. Volkswagen and Toyota are the world's biggest ca…
It's interesting that despite its international leadership position, Volkswagen has a rather small share of the U.S. car market. VW captured 2.21% of U.S. car sales in 2020[1]. By contrast, Toyota was 12.53%, GM 17.30%, Ford 13.87%, etc. 1. https://www.goodcarbadcar.net/volkswagen-us-sales-figures/
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/22/investing/volkswagen-earn...
I keep seeing this being described as a “lie” when it’s really just an April Fools joke. I mean, I get that it’s not super funny, but man... when did we get so grumpy?
Edited to update the death count.
I don't like the name but it begs the question... Is April fools the 'marketing dept' version of 'Staging' in a CI/CD pipeline? (or maybe blue/green deployment is better analogy !) Like, if the tests fail (the public is enraged at your tweak ex. 'volt'swagen) , rollback the change under the guise of 'April fools'
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Minimum of investigation? It's a story about a company's self-reported intention .
So investigate why it’s their intention. If you’re just going to repeat the press release I might as well read the wire myself. What are the journalists for?
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It invites the question. http://begthequestion.info/
I don't really want to get into it, those days are long behind me. But I couldn't help feeling dissatisfied with the content you linked. A simple example would be "My favorite author is always right because he says so in his latest book." The proof is merely a restatement of the premise. The sentence has begged the question. Ok, but... why? It asserts that "begging the question" is misused, asserts a "real" meaning,…
I recommend treating this phrase, “to beg the question”, as an irregular verb. The component words provide the inflections, but not the meaning, although there may be some poetic utility.
I don't like the name but it begs the question... Is April fools the 'marketing dept' version of 'Staging' in a CI/CD pipeline? (or maybe blue/green deployment is better analogy !) Like, if the tests fail (the public is enraged at your tweak ex. 'volt'swagen) , rollback the change under the guise of 'April fools'
It invites the question. http://begthequestion.info/