[PSUBS-MAILIST] Run Silent, Run Cheap-Shot

["Gary R. Boucher" <engineer@sport.rr.com>]

     It is not possible to legislate what a person is to say.  PSUBS is not 
structured like a corporation where policy dictates the behavior of those 
who subscribe.  Attempting to regulate what and how people respond will 
simply not work.  I gave Anderson about 45 minutes of information of what I 
have done.  I well knew that I was taking a chance as to what he would 
publish and how he would report it.  He chose to use only a picture and 
caption of my sub.  Had he reported what I actually told him on the phone, 
he probably would not have reported it accurately.  This was the chance I 
took.  This was the chance I knew I was taking.
     For over 35 years I have taken ridicule for working on subs.  I showed 
a clip created from a local TV station on my sub at the convention in 
Portland last year.  The whole thing was geared to making me look weird so 
that the TV audience would say, "Wow, look at that really strange guy."  If 
you don't want negative reporting, simply do not talk to the media.  Do not 
try to regulate what people will say.  It will simply not work.  Common 
sense dictates that none of us should de rate PSUBS.
     Remember that when a reporter does a piece on you, they are not 
reporting your technical prowess.  They are looking for the unusual, the 
uncommon, and the out and out weird angles.

Gary Boucher

At 07:46 AM 3/31/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>On Sun, 30 Mar 2003 16:50:09 -0800 (PST) Warren Greenway  writes:
> >That wouldn't be a bad thing. But would people abide
> >by it?
>
>The onely ones who will be hurt by failing to be cautious
>will be those who are not cautious.    After hearing the
>stories here, the advantage of some control over how
>we are reported seems obvious.
>
>
>Mike Holt
>
>
>
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