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In Reply to: Re: I keep saying the same thing over and over again, but nobody seems to care. posted by Srajan Ebaen on February 19, 2007 at 06:05:24:
<< it sounded as though the organization was negligent to follow up when the story broke. Your information now suggests that the publisher has made repairs from his end. >>I suppose there is some room for interpretation here, but in my opinion not much.
Let's suppose for a moment that we swallow the reviewer's far-fetched story about "saying that it wasn't him who sold the cables but a friend to whom he had loaned them". As a manufacturer, I for one, would not be happy if the gear I loaned for review was loaned to a reviewer's "friend". Especially without my permission. And especially if that "friend" sold the gear. But as I said, that story seems far-fetched to me. I can't imagine that I would loan a "friend" some hi-fi equipment and he would sell it on Audiogon without my knowledge. But maybe I just have higher standards for friendship than do some.
As far as I have been able to determine, there has been no action taken against the reviewer. I don't work at the magazine, so I'm not privy to all of the internal goings-on. But he certainly has not been fired which is what JA correctly did in a somewhat similar situation over a decade ago.
As far as "repairs", I am told that the publisher (not the reviewer) has repaid the manufacturer for the cables. So in some sense, the situation has been "repaired". However, in my opinion there has been a large violation of trust between the magazine and the manufacturer, as well as the magazine and the readers, that has not been repaired. YMMV.
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flogging and humiliation off of the table. I agree with Srajan, in that it will no doubt be dealt with and there is no reason to take an entire organization to task over what one person has done.
...that's a pretty flimsy excuse - "a friend I loaned them to sold them" - sorta like the dog ate my homework.The reviewer should be fired, IMO, since his actions resulted in damage to the magazine's reputation and credibility - really the only thing it has.
Back in the mid-1980s, a TAS reviewer who was a professional photographer traded some photography work to a manufacturer for some equipment. The policy was that any equipment purchases had to go through the magazine. The reviewer was publicly fired.
< < Back in the mid-1980s, a TAS reviewer who was a professional photographer traded some photography work to a manufacturer for some equipment. The policy was that any equipment purchases had to go through the magazine. The reviewer was publicly fired. > >Steven Stone, as I recall. I seem to recall HP also firing some other employees for infractions of the rules.
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...didn't Stone live in Boulder or move there after his incident?Actually I was back in Boulder on the 10th and thought of you as we drove west on Canyon toward the mountains - told my wife your story.
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