On 18 Aug 2016 at 13:35, damon henry via EV wrote: > Of course I know nothing about the TV station involved either, I just > find the original assertion nonsensical and highly unlikely.
I have some previous professional involvement in broadcast media. Most news directors will tell you that there's a "firewall" (no pun intended) between the sales department and the news department. However, in practice this barrier gets breached. Management will sometimes ask (or tell) news to soft-pedal negative stories about the station's or network's advertisers. The more they spend, and the longer they've spent, the more likely this is to happen. As for deliberately playing up negative stories about non-advertisers, I can't say it never happens, but I personally haven't witnessed it. In this case, my guess is that the individual reporters or news directors involved just have an anti-EV bias. This should be no surprise. Lots of folks do, especially gear-heads who get their kicks from ICEVs. For these people the ICE stink and noise are features, not bugs. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
