Buzz Bissinger: A Calmer, Gentler Hater Of Blogs.

“Friday Night Lights” author Buzz Bissinger responded on Dan Lebatard’s radio show yesterday regarding his tirade against Will Leitch (Deadspin editor) and that evil of all evils: blogs. Recognizing that he’d made an ass out of himself, which only blogs are reporting (Hi Buzz!) because mainstream journalists have quietly shunned away from the topic, Bissinger acknowledged his overzealous approach was a bit much. Via Sports By Brooks:

There were some things I should not have said. I shouldn’t have used profanity, I shouldn’t have been as hostile in my approach to Will Leitch, ’cause it makes me look bad, its unprofessional and its unfair to him … I don’t care if it’s Will Leitch or anyone, no one should be treated the way I treated them. Just wasn’t right.

Well, it wasn’t conducive to any civil discourse and the fact he’s acknowledging his mistake is noble. But, he doesn’t regret god damn fucking thing because blogs are still the enemy at the end of the day.

I don’t take back a word of what I said. I have a tremendous amount of problems with blogs. It doesn’t mean all blogs are bad. It doesn’t mean I’m against free speech, because I’m not.
The reason for it was is that I really care about this passionately, because, you know, I think blogs are a threat, not a threat to old school, it’s not a threat to M-M-S’es, as they call it, the mainstream media, it’s a threat to writing and reporting, which is what I’ve done for 40 years and what many people have done better than me.

No disrespect to Buzz, or any lifelong journalist that’s inspired us over the years, but the world revolves around renegades, and blogs are the Alaskan wilderness that will either make us, or break us. Let it be known that we’re not betting on the latter.
Bissinger Tries To Explain Buzz Over Blog Bashing [Sports By Brooks]
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