on the panel this week, fox news contributor, judy miller. cal thomas, jim pinkerton, mrn conservative magazine, and daily beast columnist kirsten powers. i m jon scott, fox news watch is on right now. members of i have the high privilege and honor of presenting to you, the president of the united states. [applaus [applause] thank you, thank you. president obama delivered his state of the union address tuesday night pushing his agenda items. setting the tone for his second term and trying in part to cement his legacy, bold and aggressive, that s what we heard the speech was going to be. kirsten before was actually delivered, most in the media seemed to give it a thumbs up. you had kind of a different take? yeah, well, i mean, i thought it was a pretty underwheming speech, actually. and the reality is you could almost write the articles before they come out and now what people say. every speech barack obama gives they think is brilliant when it s transparency not brillia
energy thing. broder wrote last year the state of the electric car is dismal, the victim of hyped expectations, technological flops, high cost and a hostile political climate. that was something he wrote, not particularly about the tes tesla but then when he drove the tesla he wrote this negative refew. he said i spent nearly and hour at the milford charging station. a graphic that a companies the article after tesla looked at and pulled some kind of electronic card reader from the card that he drove, a graphic shows he spent 58 minutes there. the electronic card shows the car was pwhrugd i plugged in
new york times, this after times reporter john broder wrote a very negative review of his experience of a test drive of the tesla motors s. they claim his reporting was inaccurate, charging, quote when the facts didn t suit his opinion he simply changed the facts. a times spokesperson tells foxnews.com our story was fair and accurate. we are in the process of reviewing the specific claims in tesla s blog post and we will respond to those when that review is complete. let s talk about this unusual public spat with judith miller, a pulitzer prize prize winning investigative reporter and author. kirsten powers is a editor for the daily beast. and both are fox news contributors. i know something about the
for 47 minutes and would have left with a higher charge if it were plugged in for 58 minutes. elan mus made a lot of money when he sold ebay. he has a lot of technological innovative companies out there. and the new york times is no slouch either when it comes to, you know right they actually reviewed this car on the west coast, and they gave it a very good review. the problem here seems to be the impact of temperature on the lithium battery, and whether or not you need to recharge more frequently when the temperature drops. that was the point that broder was trying to make. i think we need more data here before we come to a conclusion. i agree with kirstin, what we really need is an independent arbiter. there is a great deal riding for tesla. if they have to install these charging stations that are fast as opposed to the overnight ones at a shorter distance this is going to cost the company a lot
chrysler corporation. i believe this is a tempest in a tesl afrpblgts you have a, you have a e sai he said he said. you have a reporter at the new york times with a solid reputation, and we have to get to the bottom of the facts. right now we just have a set of allegations. i do think it s interesting that broder said that elan mas called him before the story appeared to apologize for the test run that hadn t gone very well and said you re right about needing charging statements at 140 rather than 200 miles apart. jon: this wasn t just a review you have the car, this was also a resraouft whol review of the whole system that allows you to pull off the interstate, i-95 in this case on the east coast and refuel your batteries.