Exaggerating the facts for the sake of a story

In Thursday’s USA Today, Chris Woodyard and James R. Healey lead off with, “Toyota’s vaunted Lexus luxury brand has fallen from first to fifth in Consumer Reports magazine’s annual predicted reliability survey.” They then spoke with David Champion, the magazine’s director of automotive testing, who attributed Lexus’ fall to the new-for-2006 GS. But they’re really making a story out of… More →