Hot Badges of Shame, ces 2008, gadgets, jason chen, meta

CES Separates the Wheat From the Chaff with Blogger and Press Badges

High drama at CES! Instead of all of us being united under the umbrella of "press," some of us were arbitrarily deemed "bloggers" and others "press." I'm press, but Chen is a blogger. We aren't sure exactly what the difference is, but I assume that the CES admins will force Chen to wait for me to write up stories dryly and then he'll link to them and add some sassy commentary. We refer to his badge as the "white badge of shame." Sorry Chen, you lowly blogger.

7:55 PM on Sat Jan 5 2008
By Adam Frucci
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bitfactory at 08:05 PM on 01/05/08
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That's weak... and by the look on Jason's face, I'd say he thinks so as well.
yoshi at 08:20 PM on 01/05/08
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About time... Throw the bloggers to the lions! :)
slingblade at 08:20 PM on 01/05/08
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That's so sad...it's like being called a pussy. It's okay Jason. It's probably because Frucci has more hair...
scoobydoo at 08:21 PM on 01/05/08
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They should have have called it "blogger" and added a :rolleyes:

That said; I doubt it'll make much of a difference, any self respecting booth slave will surely be able to differentiate between "Jason Chen - Gizmodo" and "Mike Smith - Mikes 3 visitor a week techie blog".
strider_mt2k at 08:24 PM on 01/05/08
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It's the Mods and the Rockers all over again!
Mandatory_Field at 08:28 PM on 01/05/08
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The Frooch appears to be enjoying it too much. Heh
Lorne at 08:39 PM on 01/05/08
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Bloggers get free pens and keychains.

Press get booze and hookers.
NZRUSS at 08:41 PM on 01/05/08
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Sweet. That photo was just enough res for me to impersonate either...
alukard at 09:18 PM on 01/05/08
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LMAO so much! ^_^ [pwnd]
OMG! Ponies! at 09:30 PM on 01/05/08
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Journalists don't pants gadgets. Take a lesson, Jason.
theMockingNoob at 09:40 PM on 01/05/08
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Man i wanted to make a pants joke. I will have my revenge OMG!!!PONIES!!!
theMockingNoob at 09:42 PM on 01/05/08
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How about "PANTS THAT M@#^%@$R"

Too rude? Yeah i think so to.
Reilaos~ at 09:50 PM on 01/05/08
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Soon you'll find seperate (but equal!) water fountains!
davezatz at 01:16 AM on 01/06/08
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Judging from Unveiled, it looked like most bloggers had red press badges. Guess Chen and I are the only outcasts.
bishara at 03:48 AM on 01/06/08
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probably his badge is equiped with a RDIF chip so they could track what he's pantsing next
The-Masses at 07:22 AM on 01/06/08
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Oh, the irony that he gets an infinitely better lounge than you.
discounteggroll at 05:06 PM on 01/06/08
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chen, you know you gotta look-alike in a turbo-tax (or some variant) commercial? he was all proud that he got $40 for his "old tv"-totally fits your bill, but alast I know you'd rather smash/hack some old tv rather than just give it to charity
fuchikoma at 06:24 PM on 01/11/08
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Jeez, how unfair... it's not like bloggers will go there just to play pranks on...
What?
Oh, I see. No wonder then!