X-Message-Number: 5851 From: Peter Merel <> Subject: Re: Charging for interviews Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 01:29:43 +1100 (EST) Robert Ettinger writes, >Incidentally, when occasionally a would-be newspaper interviewer (e.g.) tells >Paul he should donate his time, he says he will--as soon as the newspaper >donates its space for advertising. Don't forget, the would-be interviewer >isn't giving us anything out of the goodness of his heart; he thinks he has >something to gain. We may need the media, but they need us too. The media are only too happy to do hatchet jobs on fringe groups - "those shonky cryonicists" is a lot easier to write and sells a lot better than, "it could work". Or they can find any of a thousand-and- one other fringe subjects to cover. So there is no "need" and you're not doing them any favours - why would they pay? Has any revenue ever been raised this way? Can that revenue counter the bad publicity that a hatchet job like the December NS article inflicts? I think that your policy is only giving suspicious people evidence that supports their suspicions (that cryonicists are rip-off artists). Peter Merel. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=5851