Matt Trulio

What’s in a name? A lot—especially if the name happens to be yours, https://www.offshoreonly.com/article...the-name-right.

From the OSO home page.

speicher lane

Unfortunately you need to encounter really bad professional service/ conduct to appreciate outstanding delivery....Journalism is no different and your explanation is well defined as to the paper's shortcomings and what sould have been the proper corrective methods of your trade
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Thankfully, OSO has SOTW and the journalistic talents of Matt and Jason to keep the stories accurate and cutting edge...Keep up the great work guys!

boatlessatm

Matt Trulio

To your last question, no. We do our homework and report accurately. No media outlet is perfect, but there is a difference between missing a boat length, omitting a word or spelling one name wrong than getting an entire story wrong—dates included in the case of the Key West Citizen—especially one in your own backyard.

Access to our news is free. (But worry not, SOTW is just fine when it comes to revenue.). But whether you give away access to your content or charge for it, you're still obligated to get the story right. And neither the Florida Weekly nor the Key West Citizen did.

For the Key West Citizen, the total failure is particularly hard to understand as that publication has run—with permission—speedonthewater.com stories on the race situation in Key West for months.

Consumers, fans, general interest readers, etc.., are entitled to be confused, indifferent or ignorant. Media outlets reporting on the sport they follow are not. The standards we're held to are rightfully higher. That's the job. If you're not committed to it, move on.

There was nothing mysterious, hidden or unclear about Race World Offshore producing Key West this year, as well as for the next four years. As I said above, it's OK for readers not necessarily interested to miss that. But if you're reporting on the event with a front-page story? Yeah, you should get it right. Never before has media been more "on notice" to get it right.

Here is our coverage of the APBA series: https://speedonthewater.com/in-the-n...eason-coverage

Here is our coverage for the RWO Key West event: https://speedonthewater.com/in-the-n...-west-coverage

If you can find better, by all means, go for it. If you don't like offshore powerboat racing, don't follow it—no one forces you. And for the record, what I wrote was:

"For those of you who may have missed the most obvious and inexplicable error—meaning none of you—the Super Boat nomenclature is a product of Super Boat International, the former producer of the Key West races."

Pretty sure most people on this board know RWO produced Key West.

H20 Toie

Good thing the poker run has come around and is so much fun because the RWO disaster sure isn't worth the type of money it cost me to go for this week.

Matt Trulio

You can always count on the FPC Key West Poker Run for endless entertainment.

Great seeing you at the Thursday night party, Dan. Always a pleasure.

payuppsucker

H20 Toie

Yep defiantly one of the highlights of the trip