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Ford's Sept. Sales: Reuters Errs, While the Rarely Reported AFA Boycott Grows
By Tom Blumer | October 2, 2007 | 1:31 PM EDT

Here's what Reuters said about Ford's September US performance, compared to what Ford's PR release actually said:

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Oops.

Much more important, the saddest story almost never told by Old Media continues to play out.

As Proof of Its Effect Mounts, Ford and Old Media Continue to Ignore AFA's Boycott
By Tom Blumer | September 10, 2007 | 4:58 PM EDT

The deadline for talks between the United Auto Workers and the Formerly Big Three automakers (General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler) theoretically looms on September 14.

No one has more at stake in a sweetheart deal than Ford, for reasons almost entirely of its own making.