If you actually say that you cannot get the contact info for half a dozen ft's then don't say something like Telephone and e-mail is far from useless. if you speak with half a dozen FT's, they probably won't all be lackeys for the bosses. You are using circular logic to give other readers the runaround. [edited]

What is circular logic- sounds like some sort of oxymoron? Look here, Dragonized, if you are checking out a school you should speak to as many of their FT's as you can. I don't know how you read into that as giving others the run-around.