Another question about DC cab drivers

How come all the stories in the media feature cabbies opposed to the metering system, but all the cab drivers that I have talked to, and that Mr Brian Beutler informs me he has talked to, are not against it? Our sample size, of course, is something like n=6. But I'm not sure I know anyone who's met a cabby opposed to the meters.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2007/10/another-question-about-dc-cab-drivers/2176/