“Gizmodo’s poor judgement amazes me. Not only do they give bloggers in general a black eye. But they are gadget guys and this is the biggest show of the year for them.”

Shel Israel commenting on the Gizmodo team CES prank. The Gizmodo editors went around the Consumer Electronic Show floor shutting down TV screens with a remote control during demo presentations. Many conference organizations already think that bloggers shouldn’t be considered “journalists” and be invited to cover paid events. As such, we should not be giving them more reasons to think that. In any traditional media, these guys would be gone in an instant. There’s a reason we call it pro-blogging…

“Gizmodo’s poor judgement amazes me. Not only do they give bloggers in general a black eye. But they are gadget guys and this is the biggest show of the year for them.”

Shel Israel commenting on the Gizmodo team CES prank. The Gizmodo editors went around the Consumer Electronic Show floor shutting down TV screens with a remote control during demo presentations. Many conference organizations already think that bloggers shouldn’t be considered “journalists” and be invited to cover paid events. As such, we should not be giving them more reasons to think that. In any traditional media, these guys would be gone in an instant. There’s a reason we call it pro-blogging…