July Newsletter
Congratulations!
 On
June 21, 2006 the Radio-Television News Directors Association and Foundation
(RTNDA) announced the national winners of the 2006 Edward R. Murrow Awards.
To our great pleasure, our own Kathryn Simmons of WBBH-TV/NBC-2 (Fort Myers) is
winner of the 2006 Edward R. Murrow Award for her investigative report
Defective
Fridges. This was the first (of several) television reports
Kathryn made documenting the problems with General Electric's refrigerators.
Honoring Excellence In Electronic Journalism
 "Entry
must demonstrate original and outstanding journalistic enterprise on an
important issue. Entry may include materials from undercover sources,
demonstrate extensive research of documents and records, and include records and
documentation of allegations made in the report."
Guest Article: Pearls of Wisdom
 Variably known as
the Samurai Appliance Repair Man or the Appliance Guru on his site FixItNow.com, Scott
Brown and his Master Appliantologists give sage and hilarious advice to consumers looking for
solutions to their appliance dilemmas. Though an expert in all brands
of appliances, Scott has a particular affection for GE. Following is a proclamation he published
that everyone can
appreciate.
Scott M. Brown, MS, PE
First let me clarify for the ambulance chasers reading this, that the
following is my own opinion and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of
German Shepherd dogs or small children.
Modern GE appliances are built with one thing in mind: making money.
That means cutting out unnecessary steps in manufacturing appliances like, oh,
good engineering, using quality components, and implementing even minimal
quality control. Interestingly, their older stuff was pretty darn good and
lasted way too long to be profitable. GE corrected this design flaw by
firing all their engineers and hiring migrant vegetable pickers to replace them.
Their new stuff does a much better job of making money for GE because of the
new, shorter design life - 3 years vs. 20 years previously. And they also
make good targets. I have personally pegged the timer knob on a GE washer
from 200 yards away using a Browning 30-06 with a scope in the standing
position!
Bottom line - stick with Maytag or Whirlpool and you can't go too wrong.
Samurai Appliance Repair Man Website:
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