Originally posted by Sheryl:
In my experience, SmartMoney magazine, while affiliated with the Wall Street Journal, has very little editorial oversight.
... but at least there is oversight.
I referenced the article because I have recently read several posts in the Starwood forum that were hysterical and factually inaccurate.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum74/HTML/001125.html
FlyerTalk certainly serves a purpose, but sometimes people's opinions are in the guise of facts.
We all have our biases on FT. I think it's a good idea every once in a while to see what an independent magazine/newspaper says. But, of course, as soon as the media print a ranking everybody pounces to dispute it. See the critiques of The Wall Street Journal airport ranking article:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum...ML/001512.html