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Re: G'day Mat, err Mate..         

Group: rec.motorcycles.racing · Group Profile
Author: Mark N
Date: Sep 19, 2008 06:34

Howard Kveck wrote:
> Mark N wrote:
>> Howard Kveck wrote:
>>> Mark N wrote:
>>>> Right, because you're pretty sure Johnny U won't end his vendetta
>>>> against the OEMs and USSB and his blatant support for DMG any time
>>>> soon.
>>>
>>> Ulrich and his magazine do to a degree rely on the good will of the OEMs -
>>> they want their bikes seen and favorably reviewed in as many magazines as
>>> possible. His certainly isn't seen at the same level as several of the more
>>> mainstream ones but I think RRW does have some cache. If the OEMs thought he
>>> had a vendetta against them, he likely wouldn't get bikes to review. RRW
>>> rarely has a shortage of bikes and news from the OEMS so I doubt they perceive
>>> him as having a vendetta against them.
>>
>> The vendetta, the result of Ulrich's failure to bring the two sides
>> together and his perception that the factories "lied" to him (telling
>> him they would race in DMG if they had a certain SB rules package,
>> when in likely fact they'd already given up on DMG) is way too new to
>> have any such impact. But where I think you see it is that they have
>> declined to talk to his mag on several recent occasions, and here's an
>> example of the same:
>>
>> "Although MIC boasts in its press release about ³regularly working
>> with national media,² every attempt I have ever made to speak to
>> someone at MIC over the past few years has resulted in being
>> transferred to a ³media hotline² voicemail system. Only a small
>> percentage of those calls were ever returned, none quicker than days
>> later. And the same thing is happening today.During my 12-year career
>> in motorcycle road racing I have had easy, direct communication with
>> every top official with every racing organization (not to mention
>> racers and race teams) I have ever covered. Apparently MIC/DTM/USSB
>> has a different policy on working with the media."
>>
>> http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=34129
>>
>> That's RRW's Dave Swarts, and I would guess it's probably the same
>> issue, RRW aren't operating as legitimate journalists on this issue,
>> so why treat them as such?
>
> Mmm, how do we know that they aren't like that to everyone? I think you're jumping
> to conclusions on that issue as proof they believe that Ulrich has some vendetta
> against them.

http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=34272

"Roadracing World is an enemy publication."
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