The Volkswagen Emissions Scandal, What The Internet Tells Us About Ourselves

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 22, 2017

New York Times reporter Jack Ewing discusses Volkswagen's emissions cheating scandal. He explores how the company used software to game U.S. emissions standards while also advertising its cars as environmentally-friendly. Eventually, a small group of researchers exposed the scandal, which led to criminal charges. Former Google scientist and New York Times writer Seth Stephens-Davidowitz looks at what 20 years of internet data tells us about our biases and habits.

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