Perhaps you've got a point.

I don't think he spends millions to lobby congress to promote his own income, no. I also don't think he affects the Taxing and Spending policies in this country as directly as a handful of influential, mega-wealthy people do. I think he has power, but so do I; so does Jalopnik. I don't think Michael Moore is an…

Fine.

I understand your point.

Like I said, I don't think you're wrong. My point was just that there are many folks who have very, very, very much more wealth than him.

That's fair. And who knows - maybe Moore has some plan for giving, I'd at least hope so.

Very well said.

Technically, he likely is. But I don't think people realize just how massively wealthy this 1% is. He's movie producer less successful than many:

Select quotes aside - I don't see the hypocrisy. At least not directly.

If it wasn't in a journalistic capacity, then how do journalistic ethics apply?

I agree overall, but there is something to be said about biting hands that feed you.

There's really no problem, in and of itself. He's free to make that comment, and isn't jailed for it. However, the dealership likewise was free to call to complain, and to pull his support from the newspaper. The newspaper likewise was free (as an at-will employer) to terminate employment of an employee who cost them…

One thing's for sure, this guy's ad is reaching a much larger audience since this incredibly newsworthy "fiasco."

Agreed - the employer might have assumed a sort of "nudge nudge, wink wink" when he made that qualifier. Or it may have made them think of taking it that far when they otherwise wouldn't have, as readily.

Making a public comment criticizing a business that supports his business probably wasn't a smart play.

[Reposting my comment on the earlier Gizmodo article]

I just think they'd be on a closed system, possibly un-"networked" servos to a dedicated electrical (not internet hackable) control panel.

Or there could be a simple "will not drive autonomously when unoccupied" logic built in.

I think he means the concept of a steam pipe being networked is implausible, not the concept of steam pressure itself.

Press release (here in another article) indeed mentioned the benefit of a kill switch: