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Yeah, I know how it goes. I am a member of the "media" though in
television production, and i see how things that I shoot get edited
once they leave your hands.
I just thought it was typical bad reporting. Other than that it was a
good article and i'm glad to see a good guy getting some well deserved
press.
On 2005-07-08 14:23:08 -0700, "Ceegary" <ceegary@cox.net> said:
> Absolutely, if you want to know how accurate the press is just sit for
> an interview and then see what actually gets printed. While I didn't
> get to preview the pinball article on me recently, the journalist was
> diligent enough to check some facts before publication. However, during
> the interview I kept trying to talk about the hobby and she wanted to
> know $$, how much did I buy it for, how much could/did I sell it for,
> etc etc.
>
> I spoke to Bruce and not only did he not see the proof, he didn't even
> know the article came out today until he got phone calls referring to
> it.
>
> GRY
>
> "Ray Johnson - Action Pinball" <staff@actionpinball.com> wrote in
> message news:yZqdnXdfqJGxflPfRVn-gQ@aros.net...
>> "Kevin L'Heureux" wrote:
>> <snip>
>>> I assume this must be dramatic license taken by the author of the article.
>>
>> Probably. We had a story done about our shop in a local paper a few years
>> back and yes- the author (reporter) does tend to "fill in the blanks" with a
>> few things- there were some similar quirks in our story when it finally made
>> it to press- which I would have caught/corrected had they let us proof-read
>> it...
>>
>> Ah, the press...
>>
>> Ray J.
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>>
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