tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8616474461130065290.post7341329467531747095..comments2023-07-04T22:09:15.901+10:00Comments on The New Epicurean: The Publicity MachineThe New Epicureanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18073602750714497845noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8616474461130065290.post-4733168384428624122010-09-20T09:07:24.213+10:002010-09-20T09:07:24.213+10:00Thanh, I'm looking forward to your post too!
...Thanh, I'm looking forward to your post too!<br /><br />We'll consider your suggested experimental design. Our cat is a pretty fussy eater so only an elite few products are likely to pass the test. :-DCindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07147906610629741961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8616474461130065290.post-71555249083395015012010-09-19T11:20:08.966+10:002010-09-19T11:20:08.966+10:00Hi Thanh. I'll be interested to read more abou...Hi Thanh. I'll be interested to read more about what you think, since you're coming from the other side of the story - it's always good to get some first-hand accounts! <br /><br />For what it's worth, I am less bothered if the reviews are constructive - but I have read the odd one out there which was uniformly gushy, and that's just not believable.The New Epicureanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073602750714497845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8616474461130065290.post-69344472919651098152010-09-18T17:37:01.466+10:002010-09-18T17:37:01.466+10:00P.P.S Michael, double blind for cous cous solution...P.P.S Michael, double blind for cous cous solution: you or Cindy cook the cous cous and plate it up. Whoever didn't cook it then serves it to the cat and tries to judge what the cat thinks of it. Good plan?thanh7580https://www.blogger.com/profile/12101572834580539226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8616474461130065290.post-77345342043271937552010-09-18T17:26:59.124+10:002010-09-18T17:26:59.124+10:00Great article.
I must admit that I'm one of t...Great article.<br /><br />I must admit that I'm one of those that has been accepting freebies. After about three events and a couple of incidents, I reassessed what I was doing and have written more critical reviews. I'm still torn between accepting or not as I do actually enjoy the events most of the time, and I see it as just another avenue to find more great places/things. However, there is that constant obligation to write something positive. My approach now is that more honest feedback is the way to go, even if that means upsetting the PR machines.<br /><br />I plan on writing a discussive post that develops on some of your points. I agree with some of them, but disagree with some. But it's still great that you're writing posts like this that make us all think. I had already discussed with another blogger about writing such a post as I was really conflicted myself with these freebies, and then I was forwarded your post, so I think the topic is hot on everyone's mind.<br /><br />P.S Cindy and Michael are exceptional bloggers who are way more thorough on their posts than I'll ever be, freebie or no freebie. I hate vegetables but still read their blog as I enjoy their writing and adventures. :-)thanh7580https://www.blogger.com/profile/12101572834580539226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8616474461130065290.post-2478038159533293042010-09-10T22:28:29.128+10:002010-09-10T22:28:29.128+10:00Hi Cindy and Michael!
I did wonder if you had re...Hi Cindy and Michael! <br /><br />I did wonder if you had received various offers and solicitations, and not mentioned them - I'm so glad that you stuck to your principles and that you're continuing to do your own thing. <br /><br />Something I love about the internet is that it gives people an opportunity to "broadcast" an original view. It seems ridiculous to shun that opportunity by being repetitive and biased.<br /><br />Lucy: Good point re journalists. It'd be nice to think that some self-regulatory codes of ethics might be adopted... Good for you for sticking to your guns, and I dare say it's second nature to do so. <br /><br />Zoe: Wonderful post. And that's exactly the sort of idiosyncratic review I'd be happy to read, and won't find in a lot of places.The New Epicureanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073602750714497845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8616474461130065290.post-75273108739991322882010-09-10T08:51:25.284+10:002010-09-10T08:51:25.284+10:00Miss Zoe, I must thank Cindy and Michael for their...Miss Zoe, I must thank Cindy and Michael for their tweet! <br /><br />Glad to have found your blog here...took me a while, sorry.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524429760235996360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8616474461130065290.post-32024675576309947562010-09-09T20:12:10.754+10:002010-09-09T20:12:10.754+10:00Yeah, me too. It's boooooring, even though so...Yeah, me too. It's boooooring, even though some of the people are very nice. I wrote about my own experience of it here http://bit.ly/alEVVO<br /><br />And thanks to Lucy's tweet for sending me to a real food blog!Zoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01546885088503890394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8616474461130065290.post-85290120212251704372010-09-09T13:30:36.172+10:002010-09-09T13:30:36.172+10:00Amen.
I knock every single one of them back - if ...<i>A</i>men.<br /><br />I knock every single one of them back - if journalists, i.e. the paid kind, do this sort of thing there is collective outrage, and rightly so. Not so long ago, many bloggers were attacking the traditional media on all fronts...<br /><br />P'raps it's 'cos I'm an oldie (Gen X) and have a deep-seated mistrust of branding, advertising, all of that. <br /><br />Great post, with a lot of sad truths, I'm afraid.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524429760235996360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8616474461130065290.post-77905472223599117952010-09-08T14:53:29.066+10:002010-09-08T14:53:29.066+10:00Also: food blogging needs more scientific trials. ...Also: food blogging needs more scientific trials. Science rules! If only I could figure out how to set up a double-blind for cous-cous.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06180934678237154879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8616474461130065290.post-12492894703737039272010-09-08T14:46:54.599+10:002010-09-08T14:46:54.599+10:00Yes, I'm similarly getting pretty sick of seei...Yes, I'm similarly getting pretty sick of seeing 10 posts about precisely the same event! Much more fun to read unique accounts of local discoveries. :-)<br /><br />Michael and I have thought about and discussed if/when/how to accept and blog freebies many times. It can be fun and flattering to be offered things but it definitely carries a risk of skewing your opinion, consciously or otherwise. It's important to me that we don't promote anything on our blog that we wouldn't fork out our own money for, and we've knocked back or not blogged a number of freebies on that basis.<br /><br />I think this is an important discussion to have repeatedly in the food blogging community. Offers are increasing in frequency and changing in style all the time.Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07147906610629741961noreply@blogger.com