Daryl, I don't think there is any clear indication of 'bad journalism', right from the get-go it sounded like a difference of opinion. Certainly nothing as clear as mis-labling a gun photo. You should have taken it up with the magazine, the vast majority of errors I've seen have been photo captions which I am very carefull to get correct and I never see prepub proofs of. I'l bet it was the magazines fault and not McIntosh's. (Let's see how they do with your Hiawatha gun?) And how long ago was that?
I think you are mis-reading my reply, I in no way condone mistakes, and I do like to know if I've made an error, but I don't appreciate know-it-all's taking pot-shots at writers just cause they can. Which, in my opinion, is what Helsely (and the original poster) did. I am sorry to hear that you imagine it's all about making deadlines and getting checks, it really is much more personal than that.

GJZ, I'm tremendously flattered you have collected all of my works! You'll notice I have edited my original post.
(Anyone, please criticize and correct my spelling and grammar, I've no editor here)