Posted on 05/01/2008 4:07:09 PM PDT by GOP_Raider
For some reason, I'm not afraid of blogs. I enjoy them. I post on message boards using my real name. I respond to the e-mails of bloggers. They don't threaten me or the newspaper/journalism industry I love.
So I was somewhat stunned Tuesday night when one of the great journalist/authors of this era, Buzz Bissinger, erupted on HBO's "Costas Now" at the mere sight of deadspin moderator Will Leitch.
All great journalists (and there's a huge difference between writers and journalists) walk with anger. However, they normally save their venom for more important targets than leaders of the online paparazzi.
Ninety minutes before Bissinger's eruption, we shared a car service from our hotel to the Equitable Center Theater where Bob Costas' live town hall meeting on the changing landscape of sports media would take place. It was my first in-person meeting with Bissinger ("Friday Night Lights"), and I found him bright, intense, straightforward and likable.
He told me on the ride over that he hated blogs. I told him that blogs weren't going anywhere and we might as well learn to live with them and enjoy them.
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Ping!
Amazing, the guy who wrote “Friday Night Lights” hates bloggers. I knew there was something I didn’t like about Bissinger...
I’d rather read a blog than watch ESPCN. This guy can shove it.
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