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To: Moominoid who wrote (67010)	8/5/2005 5:10:28 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

I think newspapers are a special case. They have tight deadlines and not enough staff to write everything they print. When I send them a Press Kit, there is a good chance my article is printed with a few minor changes, mostly deletions, under the byline of a reporter for the paper. Unless you know what press kits were issued in the past week, you have no idea whose viewpoint the article reflects. It may have been Exxon's viewpoint giving "a fair and impartial" view of the energy market. You'll never know - it almost certainly is not that of the reporter. Magazines and books are published on a schedule which allows a better chance for the writer to reflect their own analysis and viewpoint. They best they can do is make their perspective clear. You may not agree with their point of view, but at least you know better where its coming from. Like the academic world, books and magazines result in a response from those with opposing views. In the world of the newspaper, yesterday's news is not relevant as there is a new car crash today. .