On Dec 10, 5:22 pm, Comments4u
<comment...@nospam.mindspring.com.invalid> wrote:
> The line of companies willing to beg for money from Congress has just grown
> longer. Consumers Reports has requested a Congressional bail out hearing.
> In its petition, Consumers Reports cites the costs of massive restructuring
> due to circumstances totally beyond its control. Consumers Reports claims
> that since it doesn't take advertising, it is the only unbiased source of
> product information available to consumers, and thus has a vital role that
> must be preserved.

Funny, but the subtext that CR is biased against American car makers
is not.
CR's user surveys might not be of publishable scientific level, but
they're the best thing going, and in fact they have panned imports and
praised domestic products (assuming that Mexican assembled Fords are
domestic, that is).