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The image or the name identity of the corporation does not match with the current product lines or services , while the names of the products do not match with the customer 's perceptions , and the existing images do not match with the long-term directions of the company . So the analysis that you're seeing from our staff is transparent with all these charts that we're bringing here . Many consumers , including Members of Congress , are confused by the various data coming from both Ford and Bridgestone / Firestone . Now , if we have a brand and a manufacturer and a brand tire that is defective 124 times versus 5 times , as has been claimed by the majority , then at least tell the American people what the tire is , and the brand name , my father-in-law and others are not out replacing their tires with possibly worse tires which have a worse safety record . " With the release of our new software , it 's never been easier for people to talk to one another for free , and now they can see each other with video as well . And there 's more , probably the clearest demonstration yet that this is a problem with the tires and not with the vehicle ; and this is the real-world performance of two groups of Explorers totaling more than 1 million vehicles manufactured over a 3-year period . Mr. Nasser , in some cases , they're the same tire ; and if they're being recalled only on the Ford vehicle , but not on the other vehicle , what - - what - - how much confusion does that create for the consumers on the other vehicle ? So the tire performance specifications were the same , and Goodyear and Firestone 's prices were about the same at that point . So the sample size are small . " KFC has announced that it will remove ingredients containing trans fats from all of its menu items by the end of 2007 . Firestone and Ford had a very long history , and Firestone produced incredibly good tires over a long , long period , and during that period when - - in the early nineties when the sourcing decisions between Firestone and Goodyear were being undertaken by the company , Firestone ranked as the No. 1 quality tire supply . It is nearly impossible to judge the value of the information provided by the two sides of this dispute without any definitive baseline information to clarify the companies ' competing claims from NHTSA . Once closely guarded franchises , the evening news shows have fallen out of favor amid the rise of cable networks and Internet news sites that offer faster and more comprehensive news coverage . " While these increases are consistent with the trend we've observed in Q4 in previous years , strong growth in the U.S.A. in particular has yielded an active logged-on P2P user base that 's more than one-third greater than it was in the fourth quarter of last year , " CEO Eric Garland told me .