Chron columnist burger smackdown!
Nearly two years ago, Chron editor Jeff Cohen's reputed distaste for his scribes' endorsing products on the radio seemingly led to the departure of one Chron sports columnist (John Lopez, who chose to stick with his radio gig) and a ban on others endorsing products on the radio.
In 2008, when the Chronicle still had a reader representative (and an associated blog!), Steve Jetton noted that sports columnist Jerome Solomon had to quit his radio show on KNFC-95.7 because the station wanted its hosts to read ads on the air. "The Chronicle's Ethics Policy," Jetton wrote, "prohibits editorial employees from endorsing products."
Chronicle columnist Ken Hoffman remains on KGOW-1560, even though he cannot read ads on the air. In his latest column for the Chronicle, he seems to have figured out a clever way around that limitation:
Spurred by envy, Chronicle sports columnist Richard Justice has talked Nick's Place into putting a “Justice Burger” on its menu.
Nick's Place is located on Rocky Ridge, off Westheimer just east of Gessner. It's a sports bar and pizza joint — hardly a burger barn.Justice couldn't stand that I've been immortalized in Certified Angus Beef with the Hoffy Burger at Demeris BBQ on South Shepherd.
[snip]
I say good luck to the Justice Burger, but if I see an onion ring on top … we're suing.
Demeris BBQ and Nick's Place both advertise on 1560-The Game.
That Hoffman is creative!
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 08/11/09 10:10 PM | Print | Comments (3)
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