Comments on: Daily Podcast: No Good Reporter Goes Unpunished

By: naif

naif — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 03:29:50 +0000

i cannot help this, ya think someone at THE tube might have some say in this?

By: dean

dean — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:27:09 +0000

Mastermik: it isn’t about the cost. Accredited press reps get to attend the press day before the show is opened to the public. That’s where they dish all the PR spin (which of course we expect TTAC to parse and expose for the bs it is) and unveil the new concepts and grand plans. It is also where you have access to manufacturer reps to ask tough questions of.

By: dean

dean — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:23:24 +0000

In theory, isn’t the auto show independant from the participants? If the rejection is truly personal, then that takes despicable to a whole new level.

I can’t imagine that really is the case, however. I suspect they just don’t want every Tom, Dick and Harry with a car blog to be able to get press credentials at the show. They just need to be encouraged to recognize, as we readers have, that TTAC is not just another fanboi blog, but a (mostly) serious automotive site. Were unique visitors and page views included on the first application?

By: Von

Von — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 20:24:47 +0000

By doing so, they only give TTAC more street cred, and and more bite when the next review of a crappy Detroiter rolls around. Because even more people will be reading it and they see the truth for themselves.

By: mastermik

mastermik — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:18:50 +0000

thats pure BS. How expensive is it to go as a non-press person?

By: ZCline

ZCline — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:12:36 +0000

Whats that quote from Ghandi? “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” We’ll get there!

By: William C Montgomery

William C Montgomery — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:00:38 +0000

Frank Williams: Before anyone asks, that has nothing to do with why I’m no longer a Lt. Colonel in the USAF…

That’s right! Don’t ask, don’t tell.

By: Jordan Tenenbaum

Jordan Tenenbaum — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:23:13 +0000

well, here’s hopin’.

By: Robert Farago

Robert Farago — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:21:34 +0000

Thanks for the offers of support.

Please hang fire. If and when we get a second rejection, we’ll all figure out how to deal.

By: oboylepr

oboylepr — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:19:35 +0000

Would a petition help? Imagine one with all of TTAC’s devotees on it.

By: lewissalem

lewissalem — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:09:11 +0000

Come on guys, didn’t anybody read Carmen Electra’s well written article on fossil fuels and the Fischer-Tropsch process?

Groundbreaking.

By: Frank Williams

Frank Williams — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:46:05 +0000

William C Montgomery :
A dress does not flatter Frank’s figure (or visa versa).

Before anyone asks, that has nothing to do with why I'm no longer a Lt. Colonel in the USAF…

By: cgraham

cgraham — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:41:46 +0000

What can we do? How can we help? who do we have to email/call/harass? You have half a million people viewing your site and we want coverage of the auto show. Let us help throw some weight around!

By: Cammy Corrigan

Cammy Corrigan — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:13:46 +0000

Maybe the reason TTAC can’t go to the Detroit motorshow is because TTAC may actually tell “The Truth About Cars”…….?

By: William C Montgomery

William C Montgomery — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:11:02 +0000

A dress does not flatter Frank’s figure (or visa versa).