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Old 08-02-2006, 08:50 AM
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Cool Re: CNW Research is our enemy - Help stop them.....

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Originally Posted by lars-ss
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There is a man and a company who is making news with a serious "anti-hybrid" agenda. The man's name is Art Spinella, and he is the president of CNW Research, the company which recently put out the "dust to dust energy usage" analysis which delcared that a Hummer uses less energy dust to dust than a Prius.
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I encourage each of you to Google his data reports, and look for websites and forums where people are BELIEVING his crap data, and refute it.
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I've already subscribed to a Google news alert for articles that cite "CNW Marketing" and depending upon the content, send a 'letter to the editor' correcting the article citing independently verifiable facts and data. I often share my finding with folks in the Journalism section. But I don't mind a helping hand.

In the case of the Forbes article, I probably won't send a note because "CNW Marketing" plays a minor part in the article about Plug-in hybrids. There was a leading paragraph that showed 190,000+ hybrid registrations, which pretty much blew "CNW Marketing's' claims out of the water. BUT don't let my reluctance hold anyone back.

You might do a search in the Journalism group for "CNW Marketing" and see some of our past efforts. I'm never one to turn down help or another good idea.

Bob Wilson

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