"Andrew Gideon" wrote in message
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G. Sylvester wrote:

It seems like you can't read one of their
headlines on their website or mags without it being preceeded by
"AOPA helps win....."

I have to admit, I too find it boring. I'm interested in what's going
on -
I read the Aiport Support blurbs with interest, for example - but there's
definitely too much self-hype.

From my limited experience, this is something specific to aviation. The
only other place I consistently see this is at a regular aviation-related
meeting I attend. The person running the meeting is constantly taking
something interesting that is occurring and pointing out that this is the
sort of thing that makes the meetings so useful.
SNIP

It is aviation specific. NRA's Rifleman has many articles that are in the
"What we've done for you and our cause" class. Rememeber, AOPA and NRA are
mainly advocasy groups. They assume your joined them and paid your dues to
get them to advocate the cause in question. They use the magazines to show
you that they are doing it.

EAA, PETA, and a host of other do the same thing.