Comments on: The Junket Generation: The Thrillist Jet Blue Starbucks JetMystery Junket Attendee List http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/the-junket-generation-the-thrillist-jet-blue-starbucks-jetmystery-junket-attendee-list Seriously, this could not be more beta Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:44:50 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jamie Peck http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/the-junket-generation-the-thrillist-jet-blue-starbucks-jetmystery-junket-attendee-list#comment-32695 Jamie Peck Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:48:27 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=16231#comment-32695 Liz Armstrong from Vice went and wrote a pretty good piece about it. My favorite line: "Jayson Blair and bloggers killed ethics a long time ago; it’s impolite to dissect a corpse, so let’s all move on." http://www.viceland.com/blogs/en/2009/10/22/i-totally-went-on-a-press-junket/ Liz Armstrong from Vice went and wrote a pretty good piece about it. My favorite line: "Jayson Blair and bloggers killed ethics a long time ago; it’s impolite to dissect a corpse, so let’s all move on."
http://www.viceland.com/blogs/en/2009/10/22/i-totally-went-on-a-press-junket/

]]> By: Robert Quigley http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/the-junket-generation-the-thrillist-jet-blue-starbucks-jetmystery-junket-attendee-list#comment-32430 Robert Quigley Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:19:12 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=16231#comment-32430 Just to clarify: the "Robert Quigley" on the list is not me. I'm the social media editor at the Austin American-Statesman. I have never been to Jamaica, even on my own dime. Just to clarify: the "Robert Quigley" on the list is not me. I'm the social media editor at the Austin American-Statesman. I have never been to Jamaica, even on my own dime.

]]> By: mantoosh http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/the-junket-generation-the-thrillist-jet-blue-starbucks-jetmystery-junket-attendee-list#comment-32384 mantoosh Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:53:44 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=16231#comment-32384 This list is racist. You left out all the African American media people. This list is racist. You left out all the African American media people.

]]> By: sigerson http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/the-junket-generation-the-thrillist-jet-blue-starbucks-jetmystery-junket-attendee-list#comment-32328 sigerson Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:14:33 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=16231#comment-32328 I removed from their list and they emailed to ask why. My response - "because you're all douchebags" - went unanswered. I removed from their list and they emailed to ask why. My response – "because you're all douchebags" – went unanswered.

]]> By: dorothy http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/the-junket-generation-the-thrillist-jet-blue-starbucks-jetmystery-junket-attendee-list#comment-32215 dorothy Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:55:01 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=16231#comment-32215 Hi, It's me! Longtime reader and junketeer. I went on the trip! And my name is on the list. I wish I could give you more but I hid in my (free, free, free) hotel room most of the time. I wrote a little blog post about all this if The Awl commenters have any interest: http://www.jauntsetter.com/blog/travel-writing-ethics-jauntsetter-please-weigh-in Thank you, Dorothy Hi,

It's me! Longtime reader and junketeer. I went on the trip! And my name is on the list. I wish I could give you more but I hid in my (free, free, free) hotel room most of the time.

I wrote a little blog post about all this if The Awl commenters have any interest: http://www.jauntsetter.com/blog/travel-writing-ethics-jauntsetter-please-weigh-in

Thank you,

Dorothy

]]> By: My Number Is My Address http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/the-junket-generation-the-thrillist-jet-blue-starbucks-jetmystery-junket-attendee-list#comment-32193 My Number Is My Address Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:15:25 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=16231#comment-32193 This is the only thing in my mind at the moment. This is the only thing in my mind at the moment.

]]> By: joeclark http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/the-junket-generation-the-thrillist-jet-blue-starbucks-jetmystery-junket-attendee-list#comment-32191 joeclark Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:14:49 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=16231#comment-32191 I like how you alphabetized them by given name, as though this were the Icelandic phone book. I like how you alphabetized them by given name, as though this were the Icelandic phone book.

]]> By: joeclark http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/the-junket-generation-the-thrillist-jet-blue-starbucks-jetmystery-junket-attendee-list#comment-32186 joeclark Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:10:13 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=16231#comment-32186 It’s Mistral. There’s an entire parapsychology to the usage of that typeface, a real gem by Roger Excoffon (who was the first and last designer to use it well). It’s Mistral. There’s an entire parapsychology to the usage of that typeface, a real gem by Roger Excoffon (who was the first and last designer to use it well).

]]> By: mantoosh http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/the-junket-generation-the-thrillist-jet-blue-starbucks-jetmystery-junket-attendee-list#comment-32173 mantoosh Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:49:32 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=16231#comment-32173 Lauren Salazar from New York magazine. Lauren Salazar from New York magazine.

]]> By: graficzny http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/the-junket-generation-the-thrillist-jet-blue-starbucks-jetmystery-junket-attendee-list#comment-32132 graficzny Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:18:12 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=16231#comment-32132 "Sandals" brings to mind nail clippers and pedi-eggs not resort, and that "Silk Stalkings" font is an affront to all that is good. "Sandals" brings to mind nail clippers and pedi-eggs not resort, and that "Silk Stalkings" font is an affront to all that is good.

]]> By: mantoosh http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/the-junket-generation-the-thrillist-jet-blue-starbucks-jetmystery-junket-attendee-list#comment-32100 mantoosh Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:44:52 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=16231#comment-32100 Don't forget Sheila Marikar, Ty Henderson, Lauren Berkemeyer, Nadia Croes, Maria from Maxim, the Mashable peeps.... Kurt Soller and Mike Albo can go on junkets? Veddy interesting Newsweek and NY Times, veddy interesting. Don't forget Sheila Marikar, Ty Henderson, Lauren Berkemeyer, Nadia Croes, Maria from Maxim, the Mashable peeps….

Kurt Soller and Mike Albo can go on junkets? Veddy interesting Newsweek and NY Times, veddy interesting.

]]> By: katiebakes http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/the-junket-generation-the-thrillist-jet-blue-starbucks-jetmystery-junket-attendee-list#comment-32099 katiebakes Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:43:23 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=16231#comment-32099 Eh, you're one for two. Eh, you're one for two.

]]> By: Flashman http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/the-junket-generation-the-thrillist-jet-blue-starbucks-jetmystery-junket-attendee-list#comment-32085 Flashman Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:27:06 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=16231#comment-32085 Is that the same Adam Rich who was the annoying blond brat in <i>Eight is Enough</i>? Is that the same Adam Rich who was the annoying blond brat in Eight is Enough?

]]> By: sloupe http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/the-junket-generation-the-thrillist-jet-blue-starbucks-jetmystery-junket-attendee-list#comment-32084 sloupe Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:15:38 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=16231#comment-32084 Oooo...several of them are Starbucks employees... Lara Wyss on your list is one of them. Sanja Gould is one not on your list but in a photo on Thrillist. What could be more fun in Jamaica than instant coffee? (I realize anything could be more fun in Jamaica). Oooo…several of them are Starbucks employees…

Lara Wyss on your list is one of them. Sanja Gould is one not on your list but in a photo on Thrillist.

What could be more fun in Jamaica than instant coffee? (I realize anything could be more fun in Jamaica).

]]> By: narnio http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/the-junket-generation-the-thrillist-jet-blue-starbucks-jetmystery-junket-attendee-list#comment-32065 narnio Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:56:27 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=16231#comment-32065 This works, also. This works, also.

]]> By: narnio http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/the-junket-generation-the-thrillist-jet-blue-starbucks-jetmystery-junket-attendee-list#comment-32064 narnio Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:56:10 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=16231#comment-32064 See, this works for me. See, this works for me.

]]> By: rod_townsend http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/the-junket-generation-the-thrillist-jet-blue-starbucks-jetmystery-junket-attendee-list#comment-32060 rod_townsend Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:35:34 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=16231#comment-32060 I once wrote a request to Thrillist: "Please take me off your mailing list, you sophomoric homophobes." They have yet to honor my request. I once wrote a request to Thrillist: "Please take me off your mailing list, you sophomoric homophobes."

They have yet to honor my request.

]]> By: Soup http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/the-junket-generation-the-thrillist-jet-blue-starbucks-jetmystery-junket-attendee-list#comment-32059 Soup Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:28:54 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=16231#comment-32059 Oh cmon, they were all just celebrating the new FTC guidelines. Oh cmon, they were all just celebrating the new FTC guidelines.

]]> By: forget it i quit http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/the-junket-generation-the-thrillist-jet-blue-starbucks-jetmystery-junket-attendee-list#comment-32058 forget it i quit Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:28:09 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=16231#comment-32058 Nick McGlynn needs to get all Getty Images and start taking names. Also, wasn't this a contest? Nick McGlynn needs to get all Getty Images and start taking names.

Also, wasn't this a contest?

]]> By: DorothyMantooth http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/the-junket-generation-the-thrillist-jet-blue-starbucks-jetmystery-junket-attendee-list#comment-32056 DorothyMantooth Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:11:22 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=16231#comment-32056 <a href="http://www.mono211.com/popcultscanfun/bill-ted-napoleonf.jpg" rel="nofollow">Y'all need to allow image posting all up in here!</a> Y'all need to allow image posting all up in here!

]]> By: Hez http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/the-junket-generation-the-thrillist-jet-blue-starbucks-jetmystery-junket-attendee-list#comment-32055 Hez Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:09:29 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=16231#comment-32055 Awww. I'll be extra nice to both of you today, then. (Rifle Mohney's desk for booze if you get the sads in a big way. You know he's hiding the good shit.) Awww. I'll be extra nice to both of you today, then. (Rifle Mohney's desk for booze if you get the sads in a big way. You know he's hiding the good shit.)

]]> By: HiredGoons http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/the-junket-generation-the-thrillist-jet-blue-starbucks-jetmystery-junket-attendee-list#comment-32054 HiredGoons Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:05:40 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=16231#comment-32054 Wasn't that Nan Kempner's nickname for Ted Kennedy? Wasn't that Nan Kempner's nickname for Ted Kennedy?

]]> By: brianvan http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/the-junket-generation-the-thrillist-jet-blue-starbucks-jetmystery-junket-attendee-list#comment-32053 brianvan Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:03:05 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=16231#comment-32053 Some of those people are cool with me and vice versa, and I have no desire snark on them for being non-A-list, but if Gideon Yago is going on blogger charter flights because he's got nothing better to do, then we have won the culture wars. I'd expect this sort of thing from Jesse Camp instead. Some of those people are cool with me and vice versa, and I have no desire snark on them for being non-A-list, but if Gideon Yago is going on blogger charter flights because he's got nothing better to do, then we have won the culture wars. I'd expect this sort of thing from Jesse Camp instead.

]]> By: CaptainFantastic http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/the-junket-generation-the-thrillist-jet-blue-starbucks-jetmystery-junket-attendee-list#comment-32051 CaptainFantastic Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:00:56 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=16231#comment-32051 Libby Pigg seems to be a unfortunate name to have in elementary and/or junior high school. Libby Pigg seems to be a unfortunate name to have in elementary and/or junior high school.

]]> By: DorothyMantooth http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/the-junket-generation-the-thrillist-jet-blue-starbucks-jetmystery-junket-attendee-list#comment-32050 DorothyMantooth Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:55:39 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=16231#comment-32050 Apropos of absolutely nothing, am I the only one who thinks Gideon Yago sounds like the name of a <i>Rocky</i> villain? Apropos of absolutely nothing, am I the only one who thinks Gideon Yago sounds like the name of a Rocky villain?

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