Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan - As Marc Small said, that is a completely different situation - and you are absolutely correct in your assertion.:-) B. D. Nathan Wajsman wrote: > B.D., > > "B. D. Colen" wrote: > >> There is an enormous difference between the "trade press" and what I >> would term the legitimate press - and one of the reasons the legitimate >> press is sometimes considered legitimate - or used to be so considered - >> is because the legitimate press long ago did away with the practice of >> accepting these kinds of freebies. > > > I think that the main difference between the trade press (e.g. Popular > Photography) and others is that the trade press is so totally dependent on > advertising from the major players in the industry that the advertising tail > completely wags the editorial dog. The only trade publication I trust is > Motorcycle Consumer News, because they, like Consumer Reports, accept no > advertising and live on subscriptions and book sales only. > >> I know, however, the practices in >> Europe are quite different: In many major nations there reporters are >> allowed to accept meals, transportation to events, etc., from >> corporations. Pharmaceutical companies, for instance, pay to send >> European medical writers to major medical meetings. That does NOT happen >> in the U.S. with reporters for major publications. > > > I do not know about the situation at major European papers like the Times, Le > Monde etc. compared to their U.S. counterpart. I do know that American doctors and > medical journal editors accept enormous amounts of hospitality at "conferences" > organized by the drug companies and medical equipment manufacturers. > > Nathan > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > > e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch > > General photo site: http://belgiangator.tripod.com/ > Belgium photo site: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/ > Motorcycle site: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/1704/ > > > > > >