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Cheers for the article Alan.

No probs.

All the tabloid journalism that craps on about street racers and that kind of stuff really grinds my gears, and it's hard to find positive press for car clubs that actually behave themselves outside of enthusiast publications that get written off by the public as hoon journals anyway.

I don't have any breakdowns on what our readership demographic is like, but we cover a lot of "regular" news and are a lot more mainstream than Zoom, HPI, (whatever) Fours, etc.

As an example of media stupidity, I live in Newtown so we get a lot of "alternative lifestyle" newspapers. I was flicking through some Gay & Lesbian newspaper while getting breakfast this morning, and one of the columnists was going on about people getting glassed in the city...and how they're the same people into vandalism, petty theft, and street racing.

You'd think that a subculture as misrepresented and falsely villified as homosexuals would try avoid ignorant stereotyping.....but you'd think wrong.

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False stereotypes are rife these days, I'm afraid Alan,

i) due to opportunism to gain a week's publicity, sensationalism and fame/notoriety

ii) feeding on the lack of discrimination of the readers

iii) activism

iv) egotism and,

v) pressure to create news rather than to report it.

I'm even learning from my son in marketing, how 'spin' in advertising can generate a fashion stereotype.

And I'm just trying not to be cynical about what goes on around me.

Tez

^^^

Ouch! My car doesn't know how to take that!

....has feelings you know! :)

Well tell it to stop making false stereotypes!

Asian stereotypes are so 90's.

Didn't you get the memo that we now pick on Middle Eastern people?

Damn, I can't even get redneckism right!

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