I didn't say you got paid a dime. You said in your earlier post that you didn't and I take you at your word. Further, I shall not engage in debate about Bowsite. I know first hand how they operate, as do several other of the old timers here.

Believe me, I am completely ignoring Bowsite and their test. My comments are about how media at large works and why this kind of 'test' must be taken with anything from a few grains of salt to a few tons of it when it comes from any source that accepts advertising revenue. Credibility and accuracy often takes a back seat to finances.

And yes, I actually was a member of the Fourth Estate in one of my early careers. When one has a series of stories killed by the newspaper publisher because they would make unfavorable publicity for the family of one of the paper's biggest advertisers, one acquires a healthy veneer of skepticism when it comes to filtering information released by media gatekeepers.