Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas Cooper wrote: > > On 3/16/01 5:04 PM, Leica Users digest expressed the following: > > > This is a matter of ethics. An uncritical judge does no business with the > > firm whose products he is judging. > > Let's be realistic about journalistic ethics. There is not a magazine on > the planet, with the exception of Consumer Reports, that refuses advertising > from firms they judge in reviews. Some publications have ><Snip> My banker (who put through my loan to get my Hasselblads and Balcars based on the value of my 1964 Renault Caravelle in 1979) told us Consumer Reports was a Mafia thing. And acted like it was common knowledge. Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/