Report: GM Stayed Silent on Fatal Crashes Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email Mary Barra, a new CEO of US carmaker General Motors GM addresses the media during a news conference at the headquarters of the company's German subsidiary Opel in Ruesselsheim, on January 27, 2014. ( DANIEL ROLAND/AFP / Getty ) Produced by PRI and WNYC