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Jason Whitlock on Sports Blogs: 'Lips Will Get Removed From Asses at Some Point'
Jason Whitlock on Sports Blogs: 'Lips Will Get Removed From Asses at Some Point'
It all started a week ago Tuesday. Pulitzer-prize winning author Buzz Bissinger ambushed Deadspin's Will Leitch on Costas Now ; the blogosphere was predictably incensed in the minutes, hours, and days that followed; and finally, the mainstream media weighed in on the blogosphere weighing in on the whole mess. By Internet standards, Kansas City Star columnist and FOXSports.com contributor ...
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High Five
Foul Balls — ... ] Jason Whitlock can't wait for the day that bloggers start tearing each other to shreds. [ FanHouse ] See, this is why you should only stick bats up a blow-up doll's ass. [ ...

The ‘Blogs Must Be Held Accountable’ Argument
The Big Lead — ... In an otherwise solid interview with Fanhouse, Jason Whitlock - a man seemingly with no fear; he’s gone after Lupica, Scoop, Stephen A. Smith, Jay Mariotti, and Playboy - made the assertion that a sports blog will eventually fill the void of “holding [other spots] blogs accountable.” (This ...

KSK Off-Topic: Backlash to the Backlash to the Watchdogs Watching the Watchdogs Watching the Watchdogs
Kissing Suzy Kolber — ... participated in a follow-up interview with FanHouse which maybe-but-maybe-not added to the mental gridlock and exhaustion that led to Whitlock’s leave of absence. Keep in mind that (a) the above recap is only a fraction of the scores of thousands of words spent on this subject across the Internet, and (b) for something that is supposedly a sports story, none of these people are athletes. Whitlock, before announcing his Waffle House walkabout, closed his FanHouse interview with this: Blogs are suffering from the same problem as the MSM. We ...

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