… probably, if, for the first hours or days he was in the news, the only identifying information anyone had was that he drove a Leaf, then they would refer to him as “the Leaf road rage guy” — even after they learn his name
Media mindlessly quote each other forever
They tell us what country a virus was first detected in, even after the WHO gives it another name, and next week they’re going to tell us the equinox is “the official beginning of autumn” — it is not, but they’re quoting each other