I don't understand

Don't you Jon? I do very clearly. As I said way back in #12 when I found this latest fR-bashing thread:

fR does what it says on the tin. No-one forces anyone to buy and read it

In other words, if you want to read 'Smash Hits' (does that still exist?) or 'Hey Nonny Monthly', produced well after advertised publication date on a steam driven roneo duplicator generously sprinkled with typos, bad spelling and inadequate research, no-one is preventing you. But no, there's still that cabal with nothing better to do than moan about what they cannot emulate themselves: a mag that's well-produced, always on time and an accurate representation of where roots music is today. Still, there's no such thing as bad publicity, is there?