Who's Looking Out for Our Interests?
As a group of people that have a single interest at heart (RV's and all that goes with that term) It seems to me that we are terribly under-represented in the halls of government and with almost no cl...
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kalynzoo wrote:
Magazines are a for profit enterprise. Generally speaking they present the point of view of the editors who report to the board members who report to the stockholders. Thus, media bias, in all media, is to be expected. You seem like a well informed individual and as such you probably realize that the information presented in a magazine is one sided and meant to prime your interest in an idea or product. It is then up to you to research and sort the data to reach a conclusion. As for who speaks for the interest of the RV industry: A truly difficult question and the demographics of the industry are a diverse as the population. Even an issue as simple as parking access will develop into a debate on community regulations vs public access. Perhaps a partial answer is to join as many organizations as available. FMCA, GoodSam, iRV2, your brand name club, NRA, and any sports clubs you find appropriate.
Interesting thread.
Happy Trails.
You are right and well said: However as I pointed out the major Car magazines have been able for years to balance their real life testing and calling a dog a dog and still keep their advertisers. It can be done. And Magazines Like Automobile, Road and Track and Motor Trend are at the TOP of their industry because they do it "mostly" right.
Media is a business for sure and they must strike a balance between the interests of advertisers and readers. My claim is that at TL and Motorhome that balance is nearly non existent
