06 May 2009

The "Food Blog Code of Ethics"

Oh, for crying out loud...

3 comments:

Marya said...

I saw this yesterday. Completely ridiculous. If I wanted to be a food journalist I would have gone to journalism school, not law school. Fine, I think it's reasonable to reveal if you get free food and then say it's tasty... but multiple visits? I'm not a reviewer, I am a blogger. I provide subjective opinions.

It seems like both of the people who put this together are mostly interested in legitimizing their blogging as "serious journalism" or something. Bleh.

12 May, 2009 07:48
Brad said...

Exactly. I can also get behind attributing recipes where attribution is due--the lawyer in me likes that--but the rest just makes me cringe.

12 May, 2009 08:44
Marya said...

Yes. That, to me, is ethical. A lot of the other stuff is self-puffery, in my opinion. "I may be a blogger, but really truly I am a journalist. Therefore, important. Look! I am ethical!"

:)

12 May, 2009 08:52

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