It seems like every week, a new media outlet gets the wool pulled over their eyes by Ryon Gambill.  Gambill makes a living off a software product he calls "Bill Collector in a Box."  It's been widely questioned by those who have fallen for the product whether it does more harm than good.  Many complaints have been made about the product, yet Ryon has managed to convince supposedly credible reporters for outstanding organizations that his product is both genuine and useful.

Woodward and Bernstein No More.

We attribute it to laziness on the part of the press.  A simple Google search for Bill Collector in a Box - a reasonable thing to expect from a member of the press - turns up many, many curious links.  In recent months, firms as prestigious as the Wall Street Journal have been snowed over by Ryon and his software.  After pointing out to reporter Raymund Flandez that he had been taken in by a suspected con-man, the reporter opted to standby his story instead of bothering with any research.  Is that solid journalism?  We don't think so.

At least, it wasn't just a few short years ago.

Angela Shah of The Dallas Morning News writes in glowing terms about Bill Collector in a Box, in use by Irving, Texas car dealer, Scott Hawkins.  LINK  Had she bothered to research the software, she would have been able to advise Scott that car dealers have been the ones first reporting rip-offs and problems with the software.  (See "Does Marauder/Ryon Steal Information You Provide to His "Service")  Fooling the Press Continues Below

Traffic to Ryon's site has fallen, in spite of this efforts to buy media attention.

The steady decrease in traffic at www.billcollectorinabox.com is testimony consumers know how to research.  A large portion of this traffic results from links at this site.

Gambill uses a paid PR operation to spread the word about his software.  And, it's not uncommon to find Gambill creating his own "user comments" on internet sites where the software is sold.

Reporters, either unable to work the Yahoo or Google search feature on their computers may be just cutting and pasting from the Press Releases generated by PR Web, a word slinger for hire. 

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