Comments on: The Bissinger Video http://www.runofplay.com/2008/04/30/the-bissinger-video/ Attacking Football Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:34:31 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Brian http://www.runofplay.com/2008/04/30/the-bissinger-video/comment-page-1/#comment-1197 Brian Mon, 05 May 2008 18:21:02 +0000 http://www.runofplay.com/?p=820#comment-1197 Tom, absolutely; I'm putting together a post on this as we speak. I still disagree strongly with a lot of Bissinger's opinions---why should sports blogs have to be "information-based"?---but full credit to him for acknowledging his mistakes and apologizing. Tom, absolutely; I'm putting together a post on this as we speak. I still disagree strongly with a lot of Bissinger's opinions—why should sports blogs have to be "information-based"?—but full credit to him for acknowledging his mistakes and apologizing.

]]> By: Tom http://www.runofplay.com/2008/04/30/the-bissinger-video/comment-page-1/#comment-1195 Tom Mon, 05 May 2008 18:12:42 +0000 http://www.runofplay.com/?p=820#comment-1195 One has to give Buzz some credit for some considered contrition: http://thebiglead.com/?p=5684 One has to give Buzz some credit for some considered contrition: http://thebiglead.com/?p=5684

]]> By: Brian http://www.runofplay.com/2008/04/30/the-bissinger-video/comment-page-1/#comment-1168 Brian Thu, 01 May 2008 21:15:07 +0000 http://www.runofplay.com/?p=820#comment-1168 Later in the segment he told Leitch that he looked like "Jimmy Olsen on Percocet." Which is at least marginally clever, though as it came moments after he accused "blogs" of being "glib," it didn't do much to combat the impression of hypocrisy. <em>Friday Night Lights</em> is a book about high-school football in Odessa, Texas (American football, obviously) that shows how the town's obsession with its team reveals deep-seated social and economic tensions. It got made into an unpopular American TV show in which attractive people in their mid-20s credibly play interesting teenagers. Later in the segment he told Leitch that he looked like "Jimmy Olsen on Percocet." Which is at least marginally clever, though as it came moments after he accused "blogs" of being "glib," it didn't do much to combat the impression of hypocrisy.

Friday Night Lights is a book about high-school football in Odessa, Texas (American football, obviously) that shows how the town's obsession with its team reveals deep-seated social and economic tensions. It got made into an unpopular American TV show in which attractive people in their mid-20s credibly play interesting teenagers.

]]> By: Dan http://www.runofplay.com/2008/04/30/the-bissinger-video/comment-page-1/#comment-1152 Dan Thu, 01 May 2008 00:58:09 +0000 http://www.runofplay.com/?p=820#comment-1152 I don't know who Buzz Bissinger is, nor do I know what Friday Night Lights is. But anyone who would go on a nationally broadcast television show and spout the vile language he used in an attempt to complain about the boorishness of some blogs is a hypocrite without compare. I don't know who Buzz Bissinger is, nor do I know what Friday Night Lights is. But anyone who would go on a nationally broadcast television show and spout the vile language he used in an attempt to complain about the boorishness of some blogs is a hypocrite without compare.

]]> By: Sam Hiser http://www.runofplay.com/2008/04/30/the-bissinger-video/comment-page-1/#comment-1148 Sam Hiser Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:03:05 +0000 http://www.runofplay.com/?p=820#comment-1148 Notwithstanding Buzz's (depressive) down, he misses the point about blogs -- the blog share of eyeballs. Yes blogs of all varieties of quality steal traffic from hardworking, journalistic work (like Buzz is committed to). They even help corrupt the revenue streams of newspapers. But blog audiences who come back to the low-quality stuff or the inflammatory made-up stuff are not necessarily a natural audience for good writing. Also, with the web, it's speed makes up for the lack of accuracy: if something is wrong -- or superficial -- we'll see the correction just as quickly as the original factoid. That's why I can trust Wikipedia for a quick fact-check (as far as I can throw it ... which isn't bad). Not all fact, rumor or bullshit is equal. The blog is partly about time-wasting entertainment. Until blogs there was nothing like them to fill that specific niche. Life isn't always serious. Buzz lost perspective. Media is shifting. Let's see where we land. Notwithstanding Buzz's (depressive) down, he misses the point about blogs — the blog share of eyeballs.

Yes blogs of all varieties of quality steal traffic from hardworking, journalistic work (like Buzz is committed to). They even help corrupt the revenue streams of newspapers.

But blog audiences who come back to the low-quality stuff or the inflammatory made-up stuff are not necessarily a natural audience for good writing.

Also, with the web, it's speed makes up for the lack of accuracy: if something is wrong — or superficial — we'll see the correction just as quickly as the original factoid.

That's why I can trust Wikipedia for a quick fact-check (as far as I can throw it … which isn't bad). Not all fact, rumor or bullshit is equal.

The blog is partly about time-wasting entertainment. Until blogs there was nothing like them to fill that specific niche. Life isn't always serious.

Buzz lost perspective. Media is shifting. Let's see where we land.

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