Comments on: Ethics in Journalism and Food Journalism… Why Shouldn’t Similar Standards Apply To All Bloggers?

By: natie

natie — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:32:25 +0000

Look, MM: they mentioned you here today..
https://www.abs-cbnnews.com/lifestyle/01/31/11/whos-big-bad-blogger

By: psychomom

psychomom — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:15:15 +0000

this is why i love this blog!!! not only do we whet our appetites with the food you present, we expand our intellectual capacity as well with discussing and reading about these issues. More power MM for such a forum.

By: anita li

anita li — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 05:12:58 +0000

Thank you for paving the way to more honest writing and journalism. The so called gray area is quite difficult to maneuver and I hope writers big and small, famous or not will take the time to go through the links you’ve shared. A HONEST and HONORABLE conscience is a must!

By: Lava Bien

Lava Bien — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:53:19 +0000

The BBB being tweeted and blogged about is not so powerful compare to some politicians or businessman. Ano ba? Ipa mamurder ka ba nyan? If BBB and the PR company are really trying to bully the subject whoever she is bakit nag iinsinuate pa, di na lang deretsahin kung sino.
I expose nila kung totoo, ano ang threat sa kanila? Restaurant owner…nilikida ng blogger? Ganun?
Kung totoo yun, sige ilabas nila, sisikat pa yung resto nya, magkakaroon ng exposure. Ma eexpose din si BBB whoever that person is and whatever unethical thing he/she does.

Hater lang yata yan, but haters gonna hate!

I don’t beleive it!

Si Arroyo di pa pinapapatay si Lozada
Si Mendoza di pa pinpapatay ni Garcia

Eh mas matindi exposure nila.

Eh i eexpose mo lang pipitsugin blogger, chismis lang yan. Mag trabaho na lang kayo!

By: Jody

Jody — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:50:37 +0000

“Gentlemen, you are now about to embark on a course of studies which will occupy you for two years. Together, they form a noble adventure. But I would like to remind you of an important point. Nothing that you will learn in the course of your studies will be of the slightest possible use to you in after life, save only this, that if you work hard and intelligently you should be able to detect when a man is talking rot, and that, in my view, is the main, if not the sole, purpose of education.”

John Alexander Smith, a professor of moral philosophy. Oxford University. ( 1914 ).

Mr. Smith was a very wise man, and the above advice is still pertinent in 2011. LOL

By: Lava Bien

Lava Bien — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:32:28 +0000

Hmmm. I’d tell my kids:

“Don’t be too self righteous”;

” Have some common sense”.

I don’t really rely (meaning agree)on movie reviews when I see all the movies I want to see. I see want I want to see. Let me be surprised, you know? So same thing with the bloggers opinions, yes! mostly opinions (it’s their blog), I go on my own choice. I don’t care how much MM say how good pork or lechon is. No way I’d eat that filthy animal, even if the whole Israel started eating Zubuchon, I still wouldn’t but I ain’t preaching against it (People tell me I’m disgusting when I eat “UNI TAMA” (Sea Urchin with raw quail egg yolk, and it’s ok because it’s really yummy, Kosher or not). I read his blog because it’s entertaining, specially when there’s an ass saying his piece, I like the reactions.

Same thing with dealing with bloggers. Go back to college days, “Critical Thinking” Class (which by the way, is USED to be taught in grade and high school here).
Who wrote it? Why did they write it? Is it true? What’s the intention? All these questions when you read something.

Anyways, blogs are more of an entertainment to me and I take it with a grain of salt all the time. Even when the blogger is on a streak of good finds.

Be entertained!

By: eve

eve — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:18:47 +0000

I am a staff on a tourism-related company and there was one time we invited bloggers for one of our marketing campaign. Around 15 of them. All blogs are known or famous.
They were all flown to Boracay – all expense paid.

One of the blogger invited could be BBB. After that encounter, I noticed that these bloggers has one thing in common – they all do this (blogging) for a living.

“For a living” I mean, they get monetary benefit for what they do. Be it free tickets, gift certificates, discounts, sponsorship, etc. etc.

It is a normal practice to any company to invite “media” for promotions but this has just made a negative impression on blogging community.

By: Tanya

Tanya — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 07:13:34 +0000

It just makes me wonder why some writers/bloggers would be adverse to being upfront if they were comped a meal, a trip, etc. I think that people who don’t want to disclose such things are hiding something. May be they give favorable reviews (warranted or not) so long as the stuff was for free.

I for one would love to see a review where the writer admits to being comped something, then proceeds to give a scathing but honest review. Hahaha! Just because it’s free doesn’t mean it will be good.

By: Dorothy

Dorothy — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 05:15:55 +0000

My comment has nothing to do with ethics in blogging but my personal view on food bloggers and critics. The reason your blog is my favorite is because you not only do research and report about food but because you can actually cook. Anybody with a computer can like or dislike, rant or rave about certain restaurants and dishes, but I can’t possibly take anyone’s food comments seriously unless they know how to cook. So to all those self-proclaimed food bloggers, we all appreciate your feedback on restaurant services and dishes, but I wish you’d all learn how to cook and give better reviews on the food. And to those who read their blogs, take everything with a grain of salt.

By: fried-neurons

fried-neurons — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 05:13:19 +0000

Of course a business owner is free to host parties or events for media, as long as he or she does not say, “Dear Mr. Writer, please come to my restaurant and enjoy free food, but only if you promise to say only good things about my business.” Inviting movers and shakers (and the people who write about movers and shakers) is part and parcel of business promotion. The onus is on the media person to provide appropriate disclosure and to remain as objective as possible.

I feel that there should also be a distinction made between the kind of media person (whether TV host, newspaper writer, blogger, or whatever)… a writer who’s on the “society” beat cannot (and should not, in my book) be expected to remain objective, because their whole purpose in life is to gush about Mrs. So-and-So’s sophistication while dining on Chef So-and-So’s impeccable food. A person who professes to be a reviewer, on the other hand, should be held to a much higher standard and should be subjected to a much more stringent code of ethics.