yeah i like the cool pictures on the cover while im at barnes and nobles. But arent they in the same class as 'car and driver' or 'golfers digest'
For political issues or Conspiracy are they an appropriate reference?
are they more credible than professional trade journals when it comes to specific areas of study?
i mean, would you list 'popular mechanics' in a bibliography of a serious paper?
2007-09-14 08:38:59 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Since a hit piece was carefully crafted. Until then Popular Mechanics had no creditability regarding such things as politics, engineering or anything related to the 9-11 inside job discussion. Its a lot easier to slap some guy on tv with well placed lighting and carefully crafted backdrops and give him credibility, then to give experts in the field of physics and engineering the chance to speak the truth.
"Most trade journals are nothing but advertisements and articles which are thinly disguised advertisements.
Popular Mechanics has always been a 'serious' magazine in that they are serious about the entertainment that they supply. All magazines are about entertainment." Exactly, well thought out illusions and distractions put in place by teams of marketing masterminds and social engineers. Believe me organizations of the like are very well verse at reading the trends of the peon masses
2007-09-14 08:50:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Most trade journals are nothing but advertisements and articles which are thinly disguised advertisements.
Popular Mechanics has always been a 'serious' magazine in that they are serious about the entertainment that they supply. All magazines are about entertainment.
If you were writing a paper about the unfulfilled promises of nuclear power you would certainly include references from both Reader's Digest and Popular Mechanics - they reflect the feelings of the times.
2007-09-14 08:48:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I give them a lot more credence than I do the doctored up videos and some movie directors. I guess that since many of the myths have been exposed, they are not credible. Right?
2007-09-14 08:47:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I believe they are well-respected in their field, and have a good reputation as being authoritative in their area of expertise.
Whether the topics they cover are "important" or not is a matter of opinion, I suppose.
But all else being equal I personally would rather drive over a bridge designed by engineers who were regular readers of that magazine than one designed by those who were not.
2007-09-14 08:50:05 · answer #4 · answered by American citizen and taxpayer 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I certainly give them more credibility than Loose Change and the other "Truther" sources.
2007-09-14 08:50:12 · answer #5 · answered by Uncle Pennybags 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would think they are more credible than Loose Change.
2007-09-14 08:52:22 · answer #6 · answered by Mutt 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
look for the fact that it has Chertoff family conections to see that it is a Zionist mouthpiece.
It lies and lies and lies.........
2007-09-14 09:57:17 · answer #7 · answered by John M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋