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RE: "there is no such thing as independance in trade magazines"

Well, duh, of course magazines depend on advertising revenue. That's obvious to anyone who reads magazines. Entertainment Weekly is not subsisting on the less than 25 cents I paid for each issue in my 3 year subscription! However, it's an absurd leap from the patently obvious fact that magazines need advertising to your assertion that "The only problem I have is when some 'journalist' claim press independance relative to advertising." Someone has to pay to produce a magazine, but the critical question is does that affect the content? To cite my own example, since I had no contact with the ad sales rep how exactly was the honesty of my reviews compromised by the presence or absence of any particular advertiser? My review had already been printed when the pissed - off importer cancelled his ads, so even if he had wanted to use the cancellation to threaten Art it was too late (in any case Art would have told the fellow to go f**k himself if such a threat had been made). The reviews I subsequently wrote weren't affected by the cancellation either. I wrote negative reviews (hello, Roksan Xerxes X) and positive reviews and Art published them all without alteration. How exactly was my independence affected?

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