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In Reply to: I'd like to see EVERY reviewer do part of what Art did. posted by Rick W on February 25, 2007 at 09:04:15:
...what is it about them that you want to hold them to a higher standard than:Politicians - have you asked all of your Congressional represenatives to provide a list of all of the gifts they have recieved of any value?
How about your local politicians?
Local newspaper journalists?
Businesspeople you deal with?
And then maybe you can list all of the luches, dinners, trips and trinkets you've received from YOUR business contacts.
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I expect all those you mention, and many more besides, to carry out their business without accepting bribes.The kind of behavior mentioned in these threads would get you fired in many, many professions, businesses, crafts, etc. My wife works in the securities industry; not only is her on-the-job behavior heavily regulated by the government, but those regs ain't nothing compared to the far more comprehensive and restrictive policies of the company she works for.
The error lies in thinking that reviewers are being held to a higher standard. Nonsense. They're being held to a standard, period, and the bar isn't all that high. I think disclosure would put 99% of the issue to rest.
The juicy stories may reinforce some folks' biases, but I'm guessing that there are as many perfectly ethical reviewers as you would expect to see in the general population. And some bad apples, too.
Why you'd surmise that I haven't written my political representatives complaining about what I view as out&out bribery is beyond me. Hillary, Schumer, Pataki, Bloomberg have received multiple e-mails from me in the past. Ditto for the NY Times. If I suspect or know a biz I deal with is dishonest I stop giving them my $$, tell my friends about it, and if warranted call the BBB.I'm a jazz musician, and I'm lucky if they fed me on the few wedding/Bar Mitzvah gigs I've done in the last 20 years, let alone actual jazz gigs. I've never even received a gift worth more than $25 (bottles of Scotch, which I don't drink) from some big name/big $$ artists I've worked with/for. Trinkets and trips? I was also a NYC cab driver in hard times. Gee, Mike, I don't remember my garage or passengers giving me gifts. Nor did I get gifts when I re-finished furniture at an "antique" store on Columbus Ave. When I taught private music lessons I neither asked for nor received gifts. I ain't giving gifts to Amazon, CD Baby, Jazzloft for listing/selling my cd, and they sure as hell aren't giving any trinkets or trips to me, nor did the recording studio or cd pressing/graphics facility I used. The only gift I give to people/mags/e-zines who've reviewed my cd is the cd itself -- without which there'd be nothing to review -- and a "thankyou".
In case you haven't noticed, this ain't a journalism/business/political forum. Just as it would be inappropriate (and stupid) to write to Hillary suggesting TAS alter its review policies, it would be inappropriate to post here requesting my doctor, local hardware store, or the NY Post to be more open and helpful.
Besides all that.....what the hell is your point? Because corruption and dishonesty is rampant we shouldn't ask audio magazines to be honest, trustworthy, helpful? Somehow I doubt JA would agree with that concept.
What a concept!
Off with their heads!!
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