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[Moderated by Matt Jones]
I’d hate to be the one to break this to you folks, but there is an underground war being raged between some of those supposed “professional” journalists and all of us bloggers. I have some very strong personal feelings about this, but for the purposes of trying to be psuedo-professional, I’ll just say I think it’s rooted in bloggers making creating competition and holding writers more accountable than they’ve ever been before.. But, whatever the reason, the beef exists - at least from the other side.
The battle between the print world and the online psuedo-journalistic world came to a head this weekwhen Will Leitch, creator of Deadspin.com, and the guy who wrote Friday Night Lights, who will remain nameless for being such a raging A-hole, battled it out on Costas Now.
***Enjoy this video clip, kids, but be warned that it uses language that you wouldn’t use in front of your mother.
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April 30th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Week tot $hit outta here..
April 30th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
what?
anyway, i watched the show on HBO last night and i think the pros are really being stupid about the whole issue. the dude from deadspin didnt really do too good of a job arguing though i didnt think.
April 30th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Buzz Bissinger wrote a great book about 3 Nights in August when my Cards played the Cubs.
Don’t get me wrong…print media is dying. If there was something I could tell to students interested in journalism, it would be to focus on broadcast journalism or PR because online media is where folks are getting their news these days. When Tubby left, I depended on places like KSR to get the latest scoop.
I have great respect for Will Leitch, after all, he and Matt discovered a very unique video and for that, I will forever be grateful to them.
Will’s book is on my list of things to buy eventually.
April 30th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
I have to somewhat agree with the raging A-Hole. Case in point, just two posts down we find this tidbit:
“4. John Daly playing golf shirtless. This just a day after I link the fat kid in his underwear doing exercise. I am showing you how NOT to live. Point being, when you get fat, very few situations come out well for you.”
How do subjects like this contribute to, well, anything? It’s nothing more than sophomoric nonsense, but then it is authored by an intern.
Seriously though, blogs are like anything else. They have good points and bad points, but overall, they are certainly an informative medium. No one should deny that.
April 30th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
4) the thing is that even though we get some information from blogs such as KSR, most people use it for entertainment and not the 5 o’clock news. I get the enjoyment of a couple of laughs (per day on a good day) or (per week on a rough one) all while keeping up to date with UK information.
April 30th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
buzz is a fetus face douche.
April 30th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
I Don’t care what the elitist “professional” journalists thinks, I want to hear about recruiting!
April 30th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
anyone know the name of the big man on TCP right now?
April 30th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
How many times have we seen this stuff recycled throughout history. If you had asked the greatest sportswriters from the 40s, 50s, and 60s which was a more viable format for sports news, print, or television, I’m going to guess that about 99% would have said print. Because they were print journalists and the idea of a new medium hijacking their readership is scary. It’s the same for Buzz Bissinger (Raging A-hole). He doesn’t like it that sports fans may seek information (not necessarily news, although obviously many blogs do an excellent job of mixing hard news with what might be called fluff - the Leinart stuff, for example) from a source that is non-traditional in its origins and virtually un-containable from a traditional media standpoint. Buzz’s anger is misdirected at fans who comment on blogs. He has no real reason to be upset with Deadspin.com, other than he’s threatened by the popularity and validation given the website by its readership. Sure, idiots post on message boards and comment sections. Is that news to anyone? All that’s happening is that honest reactions are being printed for the first time, instead of being simply uttered by fans in their recliners and lost forever. Again, we have seen this a lot, historically speaking. At first, the only real art was sculpture, and painting couldn’t be art, then painting was accepted but books couldn’t be art, then books were accepted as art, but movies couldn’t be art, then movies were accepted as art, but video games can’t be art, etc, etc. People fear what they don’t understand. Obviously, Buzz has a warped understanding of the blog universe and can’t get over his own preconceptions long enough to see all the positives that a well-run blog - like this one - can give us.
April 30th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
The fact of the matter remains: lots of stuff sucks. You can’t invalidate an entire medium because some blogs/bloggers are crappy. Some newspaper writers blow; that doesn’t mean the NYT is garbage. Romance novels suck; does that mean that William Faulkner or Mark Twain are bad writers, because they also wrote novels? Of course not.
Bissinger is a great writer; however, he’s being very narrow-minded in this case, as are a large majority of professionals.
April 30th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
#5 said it best. its entertainment. people want to see matt lienart drunk off his gorde with his face in some silicone. It is what gets hits, and that is what blogs do better, and that is appeal to the reader.
April 30th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
What a smarmy douche Buzz is. Trying to act like there’s some sacred aura around the concept of the sports writer. Bastard needs to lighten up.
April 30th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
I do not read many blogs. In fact, KSR is about the only one that I do read. However, this is a societal rub that occurs between generations and has happened for a long time. Technology scares the elder generations, hell it scares me. Text messaging, IMing, for example, how many 50-year-olds do that stuff. Buzz knows good and damn well that the comments he read were not comments of the blog-writers but of the dumbass commenters (much like KSR has and probably including myself). Journalists are scared of blogs because it makes their lives harder. They have to dig deeper and quicker and have to keep up with the likes of Leitch, which is damned difficult.
Nobody likes change, and that problem is magnified the older a person or generation gets. Credibility is the most important factor of any information outlet, print or otherwise. We would not read KSR if the information that we get was not credible. Likewise, we would like Tipton a lot more if he wasn’t a jerk who clearly shows his anti-UK bias at every turn and who stretches things a bit. That’s the other thing, having a bias does not mean you cannot be credible. I think that, more than anything else, is what i did not like about Buzz’s comments.
April 30th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
9 - very insightful. You too, 13. Wow, the intellectuals are coming out today!
April 30th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
I prefer blogs to printed media because of who the information comes from. The information is coming from a fan usually, and someone who doesn’t sit on a pedestal looking down on everyone else. Writers in the paper and in magazines try way to hard to sound literate instead of helping people understand what they are talking about. Blogs like this, and my other favorite, barstoolsports.com, are hilarious at times, and they also get points across in their own manner. I also love the fact that I can comment on every subject. I would love to see what comments people would leave after reading the paper every morning. I bet there would be a “see ya f***face” in there just as much as there would be anywhere online.
April 30th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
2 things:
1. Buzz needs to retire.
2. Deadspin should have sent someone with a set of balls to debate on that show. That guy is such a pantsie on there. Someone should have put Buzz in his place, not because of his points, but because he was being such a cocksucking prick about the whole thing.
April 30th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
On a lighter note–what happened to the Saigon Darlings ad that was up on this site the other day? I found that to be moderately entertaining when I saw that lol. Only in America!
April 30th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
If your job is to talk about sports, write about sports or in anyway give your opinion about sports you are not allowed to complain.
Every professional sports writer should just be thankful they have not had to get a real job yet.
April 30th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Freedom of speech is really all you have to say about this. As long as you dont slander anyone. That Buzz guy, what a bitch.
April 30th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
This is a classic case of small you know what journalists. What does Buzz choose to pick on? The language in the comments section. Did anyone notice HIS language? So it’s OK for him to use that kind of language on MASS MEDIA but its not ok for a small time blog?
Its very simple. Blogs challenge the media. I certainly do not think they hold the media to a higher standard, because bloggers jump the gun on rumor faster than anyone “aside from Tipton), but they do challenge for an online market share.
PS My first post here as a “logged in user”. But this was too much to take without making a comment.
April 30th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
“It’s nothing more than sophomoric nonsense”
That’s why I come here. I love to get recruiting news - who doesn’t? - but I can get it from a variety of outlets. I come here for the “Recruiting news brought to (me) in the most ridiculous manner possible.”
Most days of the year, there is no recruiting news… but there will always be sophmoric humor, and thank God for it!
April 30th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
20) Great point!
April 30th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
Oh yeah, I forgot to concur w/ the “raging A-hole” comment.
I concur!
April 30th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Kind of hypocritical of Buzz to point out filthy language/content on blogs then he himself cuss like a sailor on shore leave. The point that the Internet savvy youth take the comments and blogging with a grain of salt bears allot of truth. Paper readers I’m sure look at “blogging” as an abomination.
April 30th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
blogs will be around forever; it’s stupid to even argue about it…who cares..
this is as stupid as arguing about whether “email will be taxed”.
April 30th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
As someone who is a regular contributor on blogs and as someone who has been in the “mainstream” media for almost thirty years I can see the issues that were discussed on Costas Now. I see them everyday.
I think blogs, some of them, do provide a valuable service. Some of the blogs like this one as well as White Sox Interactive (www.whitesoxinteractive.com) are very good because (and this is important) they have a means of censuring someone if they cross the line.
That’s the issue I think the older guy was trying to make. On some blogs you can say anything…be it racist, demeaning, false, outright libel and nothing is done about it.
On the better blogs, again like the ones I mentioned, if you at least do not act with some rationality, some courtesy you can be “banned” where literally (I’ve seen for as long as six months) if you try to get on and post, it is automatically disabled because they read your account information.
There is some accountability there.
That’s the issue in my opinion.
Plus maybe it’s a generational thing, it seems that society in general is less polite today then thirty years ago. Today people are “posting” comments that they wouldn’t dare say in real life or face to face with another individual because of the repercussions. They hide behind the fact that they are “on-line.” In my opinion these people are totally gutless, complete cowards because they aren’t willing to at least listen to what the other person is trying to say in a rational manner. They act like there opinion is the only one that counts, the only one that is “right.” It doesn’t take a PHD to show respect to another individual be it in person, over the phone or on-line. Apparently the educational system is failing in this area as well
Sooner or later someone will say something on some blog that will have major, serious, legal repercussions and then someone (probably the government) will be forced to put some standards, some limitations on things. It will happen eventually because certain people abused the privilege.
REGULATED blogs are fine, outstanding….unfortunately most are not and many of those are complete utter dung.
Mark Liptak
April 30th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
The media now misses its market. They used to retain interest by shock and awe. Find the dirt hill and make it a mountain. But in sports, fans of a common team want a view from their perspective. It doesn’t always have to be good news. They even want bad news from a fan perspective. The media just doesn’t understand why people are drawn to blogs. I went a year and a half without reading either the HL or CJ sports sections and I didn’t miss a darned thing. I also got the news the way I wanted and much faster.
The media screwed up again my sending Buzz to be its delegate. The media is out of touch, losing market and are lashing out.
I, for one, think its quite funny.
April 30th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
I personally enjoyed Bob Costas dropping a nice f bomb in there
April 30th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Bissinger is ticked off for the same reason that mainstream journalists in print and on television are ticked off. They don’t have the monopoly anymore. It used to be that for years, ABC, CBS, and NBC was all we could get. Suddenly, here comes cable news. Well, it was all good because CNN was pretty much where they were politically, so they let them play along and all was well. All of a sudden, here comes FoxNews. Another point of view. They had a hissy. How often do you hear them now slam Fox News when they get the opportunity? It’s the same reason they hate right wing talk radio. They want no other views or outlets to trump theirs. Some blogs are downright mean but most people have sense enough to decipher what is valid and what is garbage. The internet, like any new information medium, has it’s villains. But so does the mainstream media who lies and plagarises. Cases in point, the guy for the New York Times who was exposed as plagarising news and printing blantant falsehoods. Also, wasn’t it the blogosphere that exposed Dan Rather and his attempt to use false documents to paint President Bush as some draft dodger? Long story short, the mainstream press is mad because, finally, they are being held in account for what they print or report.
April 30th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
He said blogs are dumbing down society. Hell, we have a lot more important things that are doing that. Our schools are in my opinion are intentionally dumbing down are citizens. Compare our country to others in their math educatin for example, and you will see. The government doesn’t want everybody to be able to think for themselves. That is out of line to blame blogs for this.
April 30th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
26) That’s why people make the choice to come to a site like this. I doubt the media really cares much for the “fans” that like to frequent the “strip club” sports blogs and they certainly do not cater to them. But there are “strip club” type fans. Now they have a place to go.
Having said that, isn’t the show they were on the equivalent to a sleaze blog?
April 30th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
I’m sure I’m in the minority here, but Buzz killed Will from what was on that youtube clip.
I see both sides…but them debating whether or not blogging should be apart of society is like having sex with Kobe, you can kick and scream all you want, but its going to happen
April 30th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
31 - Bob Costas is a respected journalist with many years of credibility talking about these type of issues. I think he did a good job at least trying to control certain things. Remember HBO’s standards are different then that of say WKYT-TV because it is a PAY service.
Plus regardless of the type of fan an individual is, there are certain things no person is “entitled” to do and that includes making racial, insensitive, demeaning, stupid statements that they wouldn’t dare say to another person’s face.
Being stupid isn’t an entitlement and no blogs should “condone” such actions.
Mark Liptak
April 30th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Buzz has fear in his eyes. It’s like this with anything. Generation gaps create anger and confusion among those who are being left behind; it’s just part of the evolution of human culture. People hated Elvis Presley when he came around, then it was the Beatles, then it was Black Sabbath, then it was heavy metal, now it’s rap music (rough depiction).
I wrote a paper about this in a media literacy class and focused on a particular event that happened in Boston a couple years ago, when those two guys were promoting the Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie. It was the same thing — older people saw the advertisements and flipped out, thinking it was terroristic. Younger people laughed, knowing what it was and that it was non-threatening. Three words about life: it goes on.
April 30th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
32 - Read Leitch’s comments on Deadspin today in regards to that, uh, debate. He was more than pleased to allow Bissinger to spiral out of contol and deliver a profanity-laden diatribe.
April 30th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
33, I agree. Costas is greatness.
April 30th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
#32 Cussing, yelling, being overbearing and monopolizing a discussion really isn’t “winning” a debate…
April 30th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
33) I like Bob. But saying its a pay service doesn’t change much because look where this ended up.. Right on the internet. I would certainly say that both Bob and Buzz used insensitive and demeaning comments. Having said that, I do very much agree that no one should say anything on a blog or on a show that they would not say to someone in person. I live by that rule on line. I do not frequent places that allow such things so as far as I am concerned they are contained and not in my view.
One of my key points is, the media has always seemed to place itself on a higher pedestal than society and I think this show drives than point home with one swift blow.
And by the way, I very much respect you and your work.
April 30th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
#35 I will
#37 In between the drunken screaming, he made a very good point. People that get on here act like 12 year old girls who were raised by sailors. I like getting onto these websites and reading everyone’s take cause it kills some time, but I honestly quit reading when two posters start sissy fighting on the internet. The blogging community should be about information and laughs…that’s what I enjoy…that’s why I come to this site
April 30th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
#39 Point taken and well made… I’m guilty of not acting my age on occasion sometimes myself…
April 30th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
32) To most Bissinger came off very poorly. Simply stating your point louder doesn’t make it right. Usually makes you look like an “A-hole”.
April 30th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
sorry, I just got on my soapbox…kinda pointless, haha..ohh well
April 30th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Buzz needs a liquid valium enima and ass whipping.
April 30th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
The real issue is credibility. The journalists have argued that their stories are researched, sources verified, and stories vetted for accuracy. When they were the only game in town, they could stand on their code of ethics, because no one had the ability to challenge the veracity of their story.
With Radio and TV there were at least some additional sources so to a certain extent they kept each other honest. Because they were just another form of mass media, the source of their on the air talent became the same place that newspapers have recruited…journaliam schools.
The problem exacerbates when everyone with a cell phone can take a picture or video and when anyone can start a blog or web site and cover their definition of the news. The credentialed journalists can no longer control all the sources of a story so to try and differentiate themselves, they attack the sources that they believe are not as credible as they believe they are.
Now this would be fine if the mass media always did a balanced view of all topics and if their ethics were always above reproach. Unfortunately for them they have had numerous scandals over the last couple of decades where Pulitzer prize winners turn out to be frauds, when the Dan Rathers of the world report on stories that are easily shown as bogus. You have Fox that has to tell us that they are Fair and Balanced…any light bulbs going on here? Botom line is that they are destroying their own credibility and bringing them to the same level as those they are criticizing.
As long as only the credentialed journalists were reporting the news, no one could really challenge the stories being presented.
Now we have a situation where stories have to stand up to the scrutiny of the entire readership. Oftentimes they don’t hold up. You add that to the pressure to make money causing all the media sources to copy one another, add our shortened attention span where over the air stories are 8 second sound bites and crown it off by newspapers refusing to do the in depth research and stories that they could actually sell as verifying the vailidty of their existence and you have a system that is collapsing under it’s own weight.
As newspaper subscribership falls and Arbitron and Nielson ratings decline, the traditional media is in full blown panic. The writers are being forced to blog and they hate it. Erodes their dignity per their point of view. Just like the music industry who ignored the internet, the traditional media has completely missed the boat. I had one publisher tell me that they wished the internet would just go away. I don’t think that attitude is an isolated one.
They are frustrated because young adults get their news every night from Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert. They are frustrated because with online readership and blogs, their editors can differentiate between those reporters and columnists people read and which ones are ignored. Can compensation be far behind? Why pay a jouranlist that no one reads? With the internet they can see which stories are read and how long the readers stay on story. THat changes everything. Because the news sources now use the same medium as the bloggers, they struggle with how to differentiate themselves. How do people know what is real news they question…
People like Buzz resent the internet and all it’s implications and they don’t know how to regain control of the flow of news. What they don’t get is that news will never be the same and the only way they become relevant again is if they find the niche that they can deliver best. I had a friend start a local newspaper with a couple Macs, a couple digital cameras and a scanner. His costs are a lot lower than his competitors.
Columnists like Buzz are scared to death…50+, potentially out of a job with the only skill as having the capability to put words together…not a strong resume.
The cherry on top is that Buzz was such a crass a-hole that he engenders no sympathy from viewers…instead he merely reinforces the notion that newspaper people are completely clueless and are becoming irrelevant. Will Leitch came across as the same credible person in this interview…the newspapers worst nightmare realized…
April 30th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
#32–sex with Kobe!!! hahaha!!!!!!!
Made my morning man, thanks!
April 30th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
The so-called mainstream sports media have been doing what Buzz is bitching about for some time. Look at The Sports Reporters on ESPN on Sunday mornings. Mike Lupica, for example, constantly takes cheap shots at professtional athletes based solely on his own pompous opinions - not facts. The blogs give the sports fans their opportunity to vent on subjects they are passionate about, whether it’s the athletes or the journalists. What’s wrong with that? We are, after all, footing the bill, aren’t we. Without the fans, are there any sports?
April 30th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
#46 - You are correct to an extent but what happens when a blogger “reports” something that may not in fact be true? or is slanderous, legally wrong?
What recourse does an individual have in this case?
The media gets a lot of things wrong but at least because they are a “legitimate” entity and if they cross the line, they can be sued, held responsible for their actions.
What happens if a 22 year old, on-line, perhaps drunk says something and it’s picked up, blown out of proportion by quasi-media and causes issues with the person it was directed against?
What can Matt Jones do say if someone here posted untrue statements about his education or
law degree, it was picked up, reported and then after research found to be grossly wrong…can he get his reputation back? Can he sue the 22 year old??
See what I mean.
One of the other blogs that I contribute to has a policy with those who claim they can say anything they want on-line. (I use this as an example of a site that has accountability with it.) When a person says “first amendment…I can say anything!” They respond this way. “No….we are paying out of our own pockets, over 600 dollars per month for service to keep these message boards going. We’ll decide what you can or can not say. If you don’t abide by our rules, you can go elsewhere or you will be banned.” And trust me they have done so.
Like I stated earlier, blogs as an entity are use full. The issues come when they are unregulated and any uneducated or mentally unstable or hateful person or a person who may be under the influence of something gets on and posts whatever they want without fear of punishment.
Mark Liptak
April 30th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
I propose that the only way any person nowadays can get the news is the internet. What I consider “news” is information presented without someone or some entity working in a means to achieve an end result — whether to shape pubic opinion, and/or sell a product or ideal, and/or merely to confuse, distract, and prevent the public from questioning power.
We don’t have any media in the mainstream of reporting the raw facts, facts gathered with the sole purpose of informing the public with the truth — as best determined through a team of journalists driven by passion but grounded in ethics. The only true journalism remaining is the individual with a web of information to assist himself in seeking a personal measured truth. Walter Cronkite isn’t walking through that door.
April 30th, 2008 at 7:18 pm
Isn’t it a “Blog” rule that a post can’t be over a sentence or two in length and MUST include poor spelling….. lol…
April 30th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
#30 “Our schools are in my opinion are intentionally dumbing down are citizens. Compare our country to others in their math educatin for example, and you will see.”
I take issue with your statements above. And yes, I am an educator. I just happen to be an educational technologist. My job is to work with our staff members to incorporate/infuse technology into our curriculum. The students are going to be using the technology (blogging, wikis, podcasting, IM’ing)with or without those of us “older” folks. Get used to it. Or as Mama used to say, “If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.” I teach the students to be critical thinkers and to evaluate information. Just because it’s on the Internet doesn’t mean it is true or factual or useful information.
Now I could have pointed out the mistakes that were made in IJustWantToWin’s post that I quoted above. I chose not to because of the audience and the purpose of this blog. That doesn’t mean that I am “dumbing down” anything. It simply means I am aware of the situation and feel that it is more important in this particular instance for the message to be understood versus looking for a post with perfect grammar, spelling, punctuation, and usage. If this were being written for publication in a journal/magazine, I would expect corrections to be made. Just so you all know…it is NOT always the school’s fault. I will now step down off of that soapbox.
In my opinion, it all boils down to the audience and purpose. If I am looking for a more straight forward, fact-based source, I may rely on CNN or FoxNews (with the understanding that there is always a slat or view that must be considered). If I want good information about my Cats but also want to be entertained I used to go to Wildcat Blitz. Now I come to Kentucky Sports Radio. It is nice to read information that usually has the same (or at least similar)opinion I do.
As all UK fans know…it’s just like the good old days. When you watched UK play a game, the volume on the television was muted and the wisdom and “tell it like it is” comments of Caywood were piped in until the final buzzer sounded.
Bottom line…if you don’t like it then don’t read it, click on it, watch it, respond to it… there are billions of other websites to visit, books to read, shows to watch or places to go.
April 30th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
Blueblood:
You bring up some interesting points but who is to say that blogs don’t have a slant or view? Certainly the “political” blogs do correct?
Who is to say for sure about others.
Mark Liptak
April 30th, 2008 at 8:42 pm
To reiterate a question posed and left unanswered several hours ago (see post #8)…
Who is the big man pictured on TCP?
And, for the record…without blogs, how in the world would we be able to bitch about the “mainstream” media? I can tell my dad how bad Jerry Tipton is only so much, but I need blogs to inform the world.
April 30th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
Lip Man 1…I am sure blogs do have a slant or view. Many times that is the reason they exist. This blog is for those people who are fans of or at least follow the Cats. My main point was that educators are not dumbing down what we teach. We are having to adapt the teaching so that our students are able to make thoughtful decisions when interacting with the Web 2.0 world. I do appreciate s o m e regulation or moderation of blogs so that it doesn’t end up being just a place for any idiot to sound off. I am all for freedom of speech but I really don’t want to listen to anything a “dookie” has to say… Thank God for KSR!
April 30th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
Newspapers and TV have editors/producers and deadlines. While I’m sure bloggers have some rules, I find blogs tend to be more unfiltered and edgy, and usually a better read. Most journalism has elements of analysis and interpretation, if anything for the information it leaves out, but they put it out there like gospel. Give me six blogs with six different wild perspectives on the same story and I think I’ll get a better picture than watching it on CNN.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Exactly…but you get to make the choice!
April 30th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
you come to this site for the stuff a-holes like buzzzzz dont report daily. i like it a little raw and funny. i think Matt operates an excellent blog. plus you can come here state your opinon. if anyone reads and values it? who knows, but you get it out there
April 30th, 2008 at 11:11 pm
#45 thanks…I try and apply that quote to anything I can….it’s really one of those 5 tool quotes that always gets laughs
April 30th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
[...] hey if you want to see it for yourself you can. I would embed it but the words used I don’t my mom to know they are on my site…lol [...]
May 1st, 2008 at 12:51 am
Hey Matt you don’t have part II of the video do you? I don’t know how Will didn’t reach over and knock the #@$@ out of Buzz.
May 1st, 2008 at 4:52 am
If only blogs could have the same “high standards” that Fox does on Red Eye and other mainstream outlets basically just becoming tabloids with more respected anchors…
Thanks, Buzz. Your profanity laden vitriol towards these vitriol-filled blogs really opened up my eyes and has helped me to see the error of my ways. Henceforth I will only get my information from
“well-trusted” , “highly trained”, and “unbiased” people like you, Bob Costas, Katie Couric, Sports Illustrated, and whoever broke the Les Miles-is-leaving-LSU non-story hours before the SEC championship game last year..
Oh, and as a sort-of sailor myself, a lot of the comments here tonight offend me and I feel demeaned, you f!@#faces. (please know I am Just kidding).
As usual, thank you KSR.