Comments on: On my way back home… http://www.jewlicious.com/2008/08/on-my-way-back-home/ It's a Jewish Blog! Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:15:19 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: ck http://www.jewlicious.com/2008/08/on-my-way-back-home/comment-page-1/#comment-1013522 ck Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:24:57 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/?p=4947#comment-1013522 Hey Haim. Yes. NBN offered me a free flight to NY and return passage on the NBN flight. As attractive as this may seem to some, it's actually a very disruptive pain in the ass for me. I don't need free flights. I accepted the offer because I thought it would make for interesting content for my readers. I was never told what to write and had I had anything critical to say, I would say it. This is not unusual in the world of journalism from what I understand. I'm not a journalist but i am not in the habit of lying to my readers or distorting my observations or opinions. Now I have to say that everything I experienced was pretty darn impressive. I'll blog about that later but again, I had unrestricted access to all the olim. I did not have any handlers and I came and went wherever I wanted to as I pleased. Of course Nefesh B'Nefesh has its detractors - many of whom I count as good friends. I have linked to their articles in my NBN related blog posts. Just to summarize, some have criticized NBN for being too religious - that they only care about religious olim. Others have said that the money used by NBN would be better served if it were used on olim that really needed the money (like Ethiopians) as opposed to relatively wealthy western olim. So.... yeah. The moral of the story? If I thought for a second that NBN was trying to stifle my objectivity, I'd refuse the offer. But NBN has been nothing but forthcoming and transparent and has made like no demands. I have in the meantime generated content that my readers seem to have enjoyed. Aint nuthin wrong with that... but yeah. Come to their Bloggers Conference tomorrow and see for yourself. Hey Haim. Yes. NBN offered me a free flight to NY and return passage on the NBN flight. As attractive as this may seem to some, it’s actually a very disruptive pain in the ass for me. I don’t need free flights. I accepted the offer because I thought it would make for interesting content for my readers. I was never told what to write and had I had anything critical to say, I would say it. This is not unusual in the world of journalism from what I understand. I’m not a journalist but i am not in the habit of lying to my readers or distorting my observations or opinions. Now I have to say that everything I experienced was pretty darn impressive. I’ll blog about that later but again, I had unrestricted access to all the olim. I did not have any handlers and I came and went wherever I wanted to as I pleased.

Of course Nefesh B’Nefesh has its detractors – many of whom I count as good friends. I have linked to their articles in my NBN related blog posts. Just to summarize, some have criticized NBN for being too religious – that they only care about religious olim. Others have said that the money used by NBN would be better served if it were used on olim that really needed the money (like Ethiopians) as opposed to relatively wealthy western olim.

So…. yeah. The moral of the story? If I thought for a second that NBN was trying to stifle my objectivity, I’d refuse the offer. But NBN has been nothing but forthcoming and transparent and has made like no demands. I have in the meantime generated content that my readers seem to have enjoyed. Aint nuthin wrong with that… but yeah. Come to their Bloggers Conference tomorrow and see for yourself.

]]> By: Jameel http://www.jewlicious.com/2008/08/on-my-way-back-home/comment-page-1/#comment-1013379 Jameel Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:45:09 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/?p=4947#comment-1013379 Sitting next to CK was a blast -- couldn't have asked for a better seat mate. Sitting next to CK was a blast — couldn’t have asked for a better seat mate.

]]> By: Haim Watzman http://www.jewlicious.com/2008/08/on-my-way-back-home/comment-page-1/#comment-1013323 Haim Watzman Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:00:11 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/?p=4947#comment-1013323 ck, can I ask you a potentially awkward question? Did Nefesh B'Nefesh pay for your flight to the U.S. and back? I ask because some time ago a rep of the organization offered me a free flight if I'd write about the organization. I curtly rejected the offer and have made a point of not speaking to this person since. In my book accepting a perk from some one or some organization in exchange for an expectation that you'll give them publicity is a violation of journalistic ethics, and I can't see why this rule shouldn't apply to the blogosphere as well. At the very least, the fact of the perk should be prominently stated in whenever the blogger writes about or refers to the organization. ck, can I ask you a potentially awkward question? Did Nefesh B’Nefesh pay for your flight to the U.S. and back? I ask because some time ago a rep of the organization offered me a free flight if I’d write about the organization. I curtly rejected the offer and have made a point of not speaking to this person since. In my book accepting a perk from some one or some organization in exchange for an expectation that you’ll give them publicity is a violation of journalistic ethics, and I can’t see why this rule shouldn’t apply to the blogosphere as well. At the very least, the fact of the perk should be prominently stated in whenever the blogger writes about or refers to the organization.

]]> By: Larry http://www.jewlicious.com/2008/08/on-my-way-back-home/comment-page-1/#comment-1012779 Larry Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:39:39 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/?p=4947#comment-1012779 On the road again - Just can't wait to get on El Al again. The life I love is making felafel with my friends And I can't wait to get on to Tel Aviv again. Bon voyage On the road again -
Just can’t wait to get on El Al again.
The life I love is making felafel with my friends
And I can’t wait to get on to Tel Aviv again.

Bon voyage

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