by Chris O’Shea of MediaBistro.com
Most in New York media take themselves way too seriously, so FishbowlNY loves it when they get served a big, steaming dish of humble pie. That’s exactly what happened on Friday afternoon, when Gothamist wrote about three blogs — Eater, Jaunted and Grub Street — accepting free airline tickets in exchange for a post.
It all started when LAN airlines pitched the blogs to come document a publicity stunt in which they would give away round trip tickets to any destination in South America to every person at a restaurant. Gothamist declined, but the other blogs didn’t. Eater, Jaunted and Grub Street all wrote about the event soon after, without disclosing that they had received free tickets too.
It was only after Gothamist started poking around and asking questions that the blogs added disclosures to their posts, and indicated that they (of course!) wouldn’t be using the tickets.
The relationship between journalists and companies is always a sticky one, but the blogs all should have mentioned getting free tickets. But admitting that you got paid off to write an ad for a company kind of tarnishes that air of importance, doesn’t it?
Oh, and FULL DISCLOSURE (see, not that hard): I have written for Gothamist.
NL- I’m buy-able! Gift cards, cash, maine lobster, gas money, you name it! I’ll write about ya, just send presents! I don’t want any plane tickets, but I would consider an RV rental, or a kayak trip, just saying..)
I’ll gladly accept a trip to wine country!!!
Where ever you at appears to be whine cuntry.
ZING!!!!!
Wasnt Bono One or Boner as PWL called him from some other webpage getting free DVDs for positive reviews?
I wonder what a certain website gets for its fake top 100 lists..lol
I am going to be honest. I hate to admit this but for like the longest time I had read a certain retailers top “sales charts” given to another site. I was like omg these rock blah blah.
So when I found out they were all faked and could be bought I was so heartbroken. I couldn’t believe it. I guess I am just that naive. I really thought those were real.
Whine country. That’s right. I remember Sophia drunk on two bottles of wine very well. I wouldn’t dare imagine what a drunk MoFo might be like. It’s bad enough that you can’t reach people through logic when they are completely sober.
^^^^Signed Monica’s Bitch, owned by Jet Tits
Meltard, please stop derailing every single LIB thread.
Chelsea Morono sure loves to repeat herself. She won’t stop until someone actually laughs.
^^^^^Signed Monica’s Bitch
Larry-
I believe Bono also received Papa John’s coupons in exchange for his lame-ass reviews.
“Next up we have the stunner Alexis Texas!! Her fans will be very pleased to see her heavenly ass bouncing off of Mr. Pete’s reliable wood in what may be the best reverse cowgirl this lone reviewer has ever seen!! What I wouldn’t do to be that particular “piece of wood” Hee-hee”.
Fuck, that guy’s reviews made me want to barf.