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From: "Richard M Sachs" <richardsachs@juno.com>
> those velonews mini-zines, from where this article was lifted,
> are all about nothing BUT hyperbole................the ad people contact
you, then contract
> you, then dispatch a writer to do the piece. each participant
> must pay thousands to be included. as much as $5 thou per
> page if memory serves.
> as such, please view these as paid advertisements rather
> than the words of hard working investigative reporter.
>
Yup! I worked for a component company about '95 or so that was "featured" in one of those. We actually had to write our own copy for the article, then they just nursed it a little and worded it to sound like their reporter delved into the guts of things for the poop. But the content was ours. Not even a phone interview. They did send a photographer out for a shoot, though, but I think he was a contracted local.
Jon Schaer
Columbus, OH