BOB COSTAS IS FORGIVEN. SOMEWHAT.

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After becoming a Connecticut-grade douchebag with last week's anti-blog comments , Bob Costas did something pretty respectable: he took the effort to call Deadspin editor Will Leitch and clarify some of what he said . I don't have any problem at all with the mainstream media being challenged or supplemented by new media. No entity has a monopoly over good writing for a valid point of view. ... [link]

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Bob Costas Doesn't Hate All of Us, After All
Published 3/17/2008 by Tom Ziller at FanHouse
Filed under: NBA Media Watch, ESPN, BlogsBob Costas, a week after demonizing the state of online sports punditry, called up Deadspin's Will Leitch to clarify. While his efforts to clear the air will be commended (as they should be), I find myself still a bit unsatisfied. Here is Costas's most clear explanation of his point: "My commentary was aimed solely at a portion of Internet sports discourse, an unfortunately large portion, that consists of nothing more than potshots, ad hominem arguments, ignorance ...

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Bob Costas Doesn't Hate All of Us, After All

Bob Costas , a week after demonizing the state of online sports punditry , called up Deadspin's Will Leitch to clarify . While his efforts to clear the air will be commended (as they should be), I find myself still a bit unsatisfied. Here is Costas's ...
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