Quote from: RE on Jun 26, 2024, 08:51 AMhttps://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/nearly-half-american-ev-owners-want-switch-back-gas-powered-vehicle-mckinsey-data-shows
What tune might K-Dog have posted? Ask yourself before you click.
But how much of FOX can we take seriously. Consider:
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. military launched a secret campaign to counter what it perceived as China's growing influence in the Philippines, a nation hit especially hard by the virus.
The clandestine operation, not previously reported. aimed to sow doubt about the safety and efficacy of vaccines and other life-saving aid that was being supplied by China (Reuters Investigation) found. Through phony internet accounts meant to impersonate Filipinos, the U.S. military's propaganda morphed into an anti-china-vax campaign. Social media posts decried the quality of face masks, test kits and the first vaccine that would become available in the Philippines. China's Sinovac.
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More relevant to me is my personal experience with government fuckification.
Everyone else can consider how much Uncle Sam wanted to bugger Julian for showing American Helicopter Gunships gunning down Iraqi civilians. Now forgotten since Julian became an old man in prison, mass media never reports the specifics, they rebrand Julian saying he was in trouble for 'being a journalist'. And the next time someone reports against the American Military the same thing can happen. In enough time a new victim can grow old to be released when layers of dust hide the original news 'reveal' of American murder.
It was 'mission accomplished', Julian paid his dues and everyone knows it.
* The EV article used a clever rhetorical device quoting the head of McKinsey's Center for Future Mobility, Philipp Kampshoff.
QuoteI didn't expect that, I thought, 'Once an EV buyer, always an EV buyer.
Is that bad form or is it just me? It is not just me. Cognitive dissonance occurs when a person experiences mental discomfort or tension due to holding two conflicting beliefs, values, or attitudes simultaneously. To alleviate this discomfort, people rationalize their decisions, justify their actions, and change their beliefs to eliminate the tension. Claiming the head of the study was surprised suppresses any thought you might have had about Cognitive Dissonance making the study results unlikely, and most likely spun.
Indicative of subtle persuasion is the FAILURE to break down the results of the study so any knowledge generated by the study will not happen. Information was not the intent. I'm sure Seattle has double the charging stations per EV than a city like Armpit Texas. How do the relevant satisfaction levels compare??? A study would have this data. A study could not not have this data, and still be a study. That relevance would have spun the article in a completely different direction. The article intent would have been outFOXED by propaganda going in the wrong direction.
Instead results of the study were examined until an appropriate pretzel of logic could be seen that justifies the intent of the propaganda claim. 'EV bad'. And you are served up the spin. Have a big bite.
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