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> Lynn Kelley, a business consultant who recently published a book, said she was worried about a possible UPS strike affecting the book’s distribution, includin
by burkaman 3y ago
> Lynn Kelley, a business consultant who recently published a book, said she was worried about a possible UPS strike affecting the book’s distribution, including large bulk shipments for some upcoming events. “There might have been some delays,” said Kelley, adding that her book is on Amazon, which handles shipping. “My concern is even if Amazon does use an alternative to UPS, everything will be slow because there’s not a lot of extra capacity.”
Is this the reporter's friend, or something? Really bizarre thing to put in the middle of the article, completely irrelevant and just feels like a subtle ad for this person's book.
- bombcar 3y agoOnce you start to recognize journalistic tropes you see them all the time. This sounds like the "person we were able to get ahold of that is tangentially related so we can have a quote" one.
- burkaman 3y agoLooking her up it looks like she is a consultant for the transportation industry, so I guess they interviewed her but she didn't actually say anything useful about the industry, so they just went with this quote about her book.
- jfengel 3y agoIt does read strangely, but she's just declaring her potential conflict of interest.