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In Reply to: RE: Art Dudley: The Goodness of Your Heart: A Tragedy in One Act posted by Isaak J. Garvey on May 18, 2016 at 08:05:59
Art and Bill are doing nothing more than spreading Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD) against Stereophile's competitors. Both web and print reviewers are implicated. We're apparently supposed to believe that Stereophile is the only ethical publication that readers should trust.
No names are given, so there is no way for anyone to check these accusations. Some readers will assume they know who he is talking about and mentally convict people who have no opportunity to defend themselves.
I think if you're going to throw dirt around about your competitors, make your accusations specific and be accountable for them. Posts like Art's diminish my opinion of Stereophile and PS Audio more than their intended targets.
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I will make it a point to ask Paul McGowan next time I see him at a show.
He's been one of the long-time audio manufacturers I respect so will withhold judgement till I get his take on all of this.
Well, surprise, I agree with your post.While I have no doubt these scenarios are common place, it was probably not Dudley's place or business to publicize them.
It is a clear, and self righteous attempt to put Stereophile, and even more so, himself, on high moral ground.
Edits: 05/20/16
I think, as with the TAS/JV cable debacle, it is worthwhile for Stereophile to distinguish itself from media with dubious ethics.
Yeah, but doing so by publishing a piece which one might call of 'dubious ethics' itself might not be the best way to do it.
The TAS/JV cable debacle was a specific accusation against a specific publication. Since it was specific, that made it possible for Robert Harley and Tom Martin to respond, regardless of whether anyone found the response convincing.The problem with the ambiguous accusations is that it's impossible for anyone to respond to them. Charles Hanson used to publish statements that TAS was corrupt, full stop. When you asked him whether this reviewer was corrupt or that reviewer was corrupt (and I did, here) he would respond that he had nothing against those particular reviewers. When you asked him if he was thinking of a specific case of corruption (and I did), he would reply that he didn't have anything specific in mind. Since Charles lost the court action taken by TAS, he's now suggesting that "other publications" [other than Stereophile] are corrupt. Which in my mind is worse.
It's extremely unfair to do this, it makes it impossible for the target of the accusations to respond. If you're going to say something, make it specific.
I'm very disappointed with the moderators that they allow this.
Daniel
Edits: 05/20/16
Allow what?
To post a link and comment on a piece on the Stereophile web site?
Your complaint should be directed to Stereophile, not the original poster or the Moderators of this board.
Not disagreeing with that!
My point was a little more tangential, disappointment that the moderators continue to allow ambiguous accusations of corruption to be made here, including when the supposed offender is not named but everybody knows who is meant. Admitted this may not be the most appropriate sub thread to make it.
Daniel
To me, throwing this kind of innuendo around about your competitors makes me question Stereophile's ethics.
n
I hear you, but why not shut keep your mouth shut, keep your nose to the grind stone and lead by example..
America likes to proclaim over and over we are the most progressive nation on earth, yet 83 other countries have elected female leaders aside from us.
BTW, call me nuts, but I sort of believe JV's excuse for that cable debacle.
...JV's excuse may or may not be valid but I have heard other instances of his where his ethics were missing.
Sure, I did not say his ethics were not questionable..they may or may not be..I just said his excuse was fairly believable. It may not be true either.
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