Buzz Bissinger: Blogs Are "Dedicated To Cruelty"
This past week week has been an interesting one in the blogosphere. Arizona State University had terminated thier cheerleading program because of some pictures of their cheerleaders posted on blogs and elsewhere. As disturbing as this may be, even more disturbing was the appearance of Pulitzer Prize winning Friday Night Lights author Buzz Bissinger on a live town hall style edition of "Costas Now!" last week. Billed as a special show to discuss the current state of sports media, the subject turned to the impact of blogs on sports media. Here is what happened.
HBO has already had these videos yanked from YouTube, so enjoy these now while you can.
You can also read my take on this show over on Eye on Sports Media.