Chat & Social > The Bar - General Chat
LR magazines
thermidorthelobster:
One of the problems in this sector is that the mags don't want to upset the advertisers. So LRx magazine isn't going to publish a genuine review of winches, fridges, etc where they give an opinion, in case they lose advertising revenue. So they publish a list of products instead.
In the industry I used to work in (IT) the journos wrote whatever the hell they wanted - frequently wrong, misleading, biased, underinformed, but at least they weren't bothered less about upsetting the advertisers. I think the same is true in other areas of motoring journalism, from what I've heard. One possibility is that with 4 Land Rover magazines there is just too much competition.
Tailendcharley:
:D :D I absolutely, wholeheartedly agree with all the above comments...that's why,several years ago I decided to visit my local library and read all the mags for free...well,I am from Yorkshire,what do you expect :wink: :wink:
:wink: :wink: Terry Smith :wink: :wink:
Range Rover Blues:
The same thing has happened on the Clssic Ford scene, it's either the same old rehash or another car very similar to the one we featured last week, or how loud is your stereo and that kind of c***. Plus the price of stuff that's advertised has priced manu of my mates out of Escorts and Capris now anyway. It seems the more expensive the stuff, the better.
What's worse (and I've had this happen) is when the journalists ring up the clubs for content for their articles, they arew selling us our own ideas, it's just crazy.
And I think they all just read each other's magazines and copy the articles therein.
davidlandy:
I would just like to see some real in depth technical articles
including a real winch test - like some have said they just seem to list the winches and their specs. what they should do is fit them and haul stuff up hills all day and record results, times, weights, stall speeds , failures etc... then people would know how good certain makes are
Xtremeteam:
--- Quote from: "marjan" ---I won't be renewing my subs to TOR Magazine as I think that they have too much stuff on competitions at home and abroad.
--- End quote ---
I like to see coverage of comps in this country & abroad,BUT i would like to see more than a single page for the likes of ladoga & OBC,
the write up of the SORC wheels in the woods in LRO was crap,didnt show any of the hard bits or anyone doing the black runs
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version