rice@willow23.cray.com (Jonathan Rice) (04/26/91)
In article <1991Apr26.031500.7938@anomaly.sbs.com> mpd@anomaly.sbs.com (Michael P. Deignan) writes: >I'm sorry, but over the past years I've seen too much evidence to support >the opinion that $big ads$ result in good reviews. > >If you've ever noticed, all their big advertisers get the glowing reviews. It isn't difficult to imagine a causal relationship between large ads and good reviews, that does not require you to assume malfeasance by the magazine: Good products --> good reviews (honest journalism) and Good products --> high sales revenue --> big advertising budget --> full page, four-color advertisements (sound business) -- Jonathan C. Rice | Internet: rice@cray.com | UUCP: uunet!cray!rice