Engines according to CNN

[MBAtarga]

they left out the all important muffler bearings!

[johnsjmc]

Turbo Encabulator - YouTube
CNN writers need some automotive tech education like this

[cashflyer]

I guess somebody sent them a clue.

Editor's note: An earlier version of this article contained a number of inaccuracies, for which we apologise.

[livi]

Entertaining stuff.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by 5String43

I am a copy editor at a small newspaper. I don't often see stories having to do with motor vehicles and/or the way they work and/or their dynamics, but one hits my computer screen every so often, usually in connection to a get-away car, or a cop chase, or emissions or safety laws, or something. I've concluded that nobody among this generation of reporters and city editors, knows or cares how cars and trucks work. Nobody. And they don't appear to know, or care, what they don't know. This surprises me, given the fundamental nature of this technology. When these kinds of problems arise, I fix what I can, when I can. But it seems a losing battle. I see this with other subject matter as well.

That spills over to TV and movies as well.

[johnsjmc]

Originally Posted by 5String43

I am a copy editor at a small newspaper. I don't often see stories having to do with motor vehicles and/or the way they work and/or their dynamics, but one hits my computer screen every so often, usually in connection to a get-away car, or a cop chase, or emissions or safety laws, or something. I've concluded that nobody among this generation of reporters and city editors, knows or cares how cars and trucks work. Nobody. And they don't appear to know, or care, what they don't know. This surprises me, given the fundamental nature of this technology. When these kinds of problems arise, I fix what I can, when I can. But it seems a losing battle. I see this with other subject matter as well.

More and more of the population get their education from TV and other media.
Probably more than a few teachers are going to refer to CNN as a source when or if they have to teach about car engines.
SAD

[71scgc]

They used to teach the fundamentals of an IC engine in school. Enviro-whackos probably put a stop to that.
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