Understanding that many of the comments are coming from those of us, including myself, who were not exactly involved in this (I haven't yet seen the article), I'm wondering if we couldn't make some room for a little research. Here's what I personally know about Jane. She's very good at what she does. As a favor to me, she wrote a little story about another FlyerTalk member and that member was able to enjoy his 15 minutes of fame, which would have never happened if not for FlyerTalk and for Jane. That story and person was Pudding Guy.

Jane actually knows a hell of a lot about what you are all talking about. She was involved in several frequent flyer publications similar to my InsideFlyer in the mid- to late 80s (Business Flyer). In fact, she and another person were my biggest competition. She knows miles and points long before many of you. As for her experience at The Wall Street Journal - I have never personally met Jane, but know that in countless interviews through the years, she's been one of the better reporters there, not seeking to uncover 'Watergate' from each interview, but looking for the news and what makes it happen. I cannot comment on the issue that started this thread as I do not know the exact circumstances and haven't heard or looked at both sides (that is how I make my personal comments and hope that we'll all be aware of what it takes to make a sound POV on an issue). As someone who has given more than 7,000 interviews in the last 15 years, I think I can speak with experience about the art of interviews and most importantly, being interviewed. I'll chime on on this topic once I've re-read all the posts and understand where this thread is right now.

Seems there's two issues to comment on. One issue as I said, I don't know enough about to factually comment on and the other is whether my comments on FT are in a public domain.

All this and more is the public domain. This is a public board with no fees for privacy. It's the price I pay to also take someone else's advice and tips on FlyerTalk and use them for my own gain - whether public or private gain. Don't try and overthink what I just said, I wasn't on the high school debate team nor a philosophy major. Just another member of FT,

[This message has been edited by Randy Petersen (edited 08-13-2001).]