Twitter and the Food Industry [Groupon]
Twitter and the Food Industry [Groupon]
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Post #61 - August 2nd, 2010, 3:22 pmjesteinf wrote:I'm a fan of Twitter, but I've noticed a growing pattern of food blogs using tweets to substitute for actual "journalism". Yeah, I know blog does not equal journalism, but stay with me on these.
Exhibit 1
While watching the premiere of Masterchef last week I posted to Twitter wondering what happened to Graham Elliot Bowles' last name. Time Out Chicago reported on the dropped last name, including citing Graham Elliot's response to my tweet. Now, Elliot was kind to respond to my tweet, but his answer surely was open to a follow up question or two.
Exhibit 2
Alinea has recently shifted from serving two menus to just one. Obviously this shift will require some tweaking on the part of the restaurant to get it right, and Achatz has been tweeting on that process. Grub Street just posted an item on this that was basically just reprinting Achatz's tweets. Again, why not pick up the phone or email him to get more context than what's in a 140 character tweet.
Twitter certainly has it's uses, but the local "food media" seems to be using it right now as a crutch.
I agree with Exhibit 2 because there could be more of a story there, but re: GEB's name change, I thought the TimeOut report was already 100 words too long. And I care about GE news. One of the advantages of Twitter is that it (or rather a Twitter user and, in the cases cited above, high-profile Twitter users with verified accounts/primary sources) can sometimes scoop a story that should be 140 characters in 140 characters. This isn't to say that journalists shouldn't check their facts or investigate other dimensions of the story, but sometimes there just isn't more to say.
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Post #62 - August 2nd, 2010, 3:28 pmRight, but if TOC is going that decide that the Graham Elliot thing is going to be a story, at least make it a complete story.
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Post #63 - August 2nd, 2010, 3:48 pmjesteinf wrote:Right, but if TOC is going that decide that the Graham Elliot thing is going to be a story, at least make it a complete story.
How is it incomplete? GE changed his name. The change was made public on TV. His restaurant is already named GE. It's not a Hollywood thing. Seems like the who/what/where/when/why of a minor story to me.
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Post #64 - August 2nd, 2010, 3:53 pmHow about, what does "a family thing" mean?
The Trib actually did bother to contact Graham Elliot and posted this brief blog entry.
I know it's not exactly the Pentagon Papers, and I acknowledge that it's a minor story at best, but my point is that our local "food media" should be doing more than just posting tweets and calling it news.
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Post #65 - August 2nd, 2010, 3:56 pmjesteinf wrote:... our local "food media" should be doing more than just posting tweets and calling it news.
Well said. The comments on the Trib page are great. I especially like "GEB drops the B and has a publicist make the announcement; methinks somebody's jumped the shark"
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Post #66 - August 2nd, 2010, 4:09 pmjesteinf wrote:How about, what does "a family thing" mean?
I guess that's just not the kind of information I care about, even when it concerns one of my favorite chefs. It's probably a large part of why I stopped watching TV a decade ago, seems like the stuff of talk shows, with blog comments just remarks from audience members who've been handed the mic.
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Post #67 - August 3rd, 2010, 3:12 pmfurthering the journalism is dead theme is this representative grubstreet article, indicative of the exploding practice of every media outlet scouring the internet to repost whatever dubious info they find with nary a fact-checking phone call. Though I do read them and they could probably not care less about anything else, I find Chicago Magazine (yes, I call it that even if they try to veil it by calling it "Dish"), NBC ("Feast"), Grubstreet, the Dining Diva and others rather nauseating for this reason. Grubstreet, especially in its current incarnation, is pretty clearly the worst....defended from strong temptations to social ambition by a still stronger taste for tripe and onions." Screwtape in The Screwtape Letters by CS Lewis
Fuckerberg on Food
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Post #68 - November 30th, 2010, 3:12 pm
Nevermind.dansch wrote:The moral of this story seems to be: buy Groupon stock when they IPO.
-Dan
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Post #69 - November 30th, 2010, 4:11 pmdansch wrote:
Nevermind.dansch wrote:The moral of this story seems to be: buy Groupon stock when they IPO.
-Dan
@dansch- Still kicking myself that DH & I didn't deliver Groupon 1st. Oh well, it's only $6B
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Post #70 - November 30th, 2010, 4:21 pmpairs4life wrote:Oh well, it's only $6B
It's only $3B if you go through kgbdeals.
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Post #71 - October 26th, 2011, 8:23 amChefs Take Tweeting to the Next Level, Talk Shop, Field Complaints and Make Diners Feel Like Insiders - http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... 39376.htmlNever order barbecue in a place that also serves quiche - Lewis Grizzard
