Thursday, March 04, 2004
Triple Dog Dare
Today, I noticed that Army Times, a Gannett newspaper serving the Army community, ran a quarter-page ad for First Command, the predatory financial services company I reviewed on this site just a couple of weeks ago.
Well, it's easy for me to knock them. I'm not selling ad space. It's a little dicier for the editors of Army Times.
Nevertheless, basic journalistic practice demands a wall of separation between the advertising sales department and the editorial side.
So here's my dare to the editors of Army Times:
If you're serious about serving your readership, take your best, most fair-minded, and knowledgeable personal finance reporter in the Gannett family, and let them write an independent review of First Command.
And run the article.
Go on. I dare you.
I triple dog dare you.
Splash, out
Jason
(P.S., you can lay down some covering fire for the editor by writing him here.)
Well, it's easy for me to knock them. I'm not selling ad space. It's a little dicier for the editors of Army Times.
Nevertheless, basic journalistic practice demands a wall of separation between the advertising sales department and the editorial side.
So here's my dare to the editors of Army Times:
If you're serious about serving your readership, take your best, most fair-minded, and knowledgeable personal finance reporter in the Gannett family, and let them write an independent review of First Command.
And run the article.
Go on. I dare you.
I triple dog dare you.
Splash, out
Jason
(P.S., you can lay down some covering fire for the editor by writing him here.)
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