"E Fitzgerald" wrote in message
news:46df0e59$0$11090$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> George Leppla wrote:
>> In today's mail I received a copy of Cruise Travel magazine and there on
>> page 5 is a letter you wrote to them about "newsstand vs newsgroup".
>> Outstanding! Let me quote your published letter:
>> "And just as bad, while no advertising is supposed to be allowed on many
>> of these newsgroups, a few sneak it in anyway, promoting their agency for
>> free, yet covering up their real intent with creative spins, under the
>> cover of news releases".
>> I thought it was fitting that I congratulate you on having your
>> courageous stand against posting press releases published.... by adding
>> the good news to one of your posted press releases.
>
> Tho relatively new to this news group, seems he's not the only one. Seems
> to be a lot of travel agent releases and some truly weird non-cruise
> related posts to wade thru to get to the real cruising postings. Not a
> complaint, just a comment.
>
> EF
Welcome to the group, EF. Sometimes the signal to noise ratio gets pretty
high around here but if you sift through the drek, there is a lot of good
info posted by some very experienced cruisers. Use a kill file or just
ignore the people who are a little strange.
FWIW - I don't have a problem with anyone posting press releases. Once in a
blue moon, I'll even do that myself if I find something of interest that
hasn't been posted yet.
It is just kind of weird to me that John would write a letter to Cruise
Travel complaining about people who post press releases when he is one of
the people posting the press releases!
If nothing else, this newsgroup is always good for a laugh.
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George Leppla http://www.CruiseMaster.com
January 20, 2008 - GGC2008 - http://cruisemaster.com/adventure.htm
October 26, 2008 Sleazy 5 http://www.cruisemaster.com/sleazy5.htm
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