During a story on acceleration problems with Toyota vehicles, ABC News used a two second shot of a tachometer. Editing suggested the video of a dashboard was taken during a drive in which a Toyota was rigged to accelerate, illustrating a theory that a "short-circuit that could cause sudden acceleration undetected by the car's computer system." The picture of a tachometer with the needle zooming forward was actually taken from a different situation. ABC said the report used the footage from a parked car because it wasn't possible to get a good shot of the car's tachometer while it was moving. Toyota objected, saying the story was misleading. The network re-edited the video, admitting to a "misjudgment" in the editing room.
According to Associated Press, "It all points to problems that are created when visual journalists try to alter reality in order to get a better picture."
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