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Blogs vs. Mainstream Media … Again
Mr. Irrelevant —
Scott Van Pelt felt sorry enough for me to have me on his ESPN radio program this afternoon. We discussed blogs, the mainstream media, why Mitch Albom isn’t qualified to make arrests, and how, like, totally similar Van Pelt and I are! (Hint: We’re besties!) Hopefully I didn’t bring great shame and embarrassment to my friends and family. (The dead air in the middle was a commercial break. Simply fast-forward past that.)
Oh, and speaking of just making up whatever ...
ESPN Radio Making Nice With Blogs This Week
AwfulAnnouncing —
... down that path sometimes. It is, by and large, an entertaining and visually interesting blog. I like it.Visually interesting? Okay then. Anyway, I'll get to Shrutebag in a minute, the second thing I wanted to bring up is much more entertaining. Scott Van Pelt decided to bring The Sporting Blog's Chris Mottram on his show yesterday. The two had a really good discussion about the state of things, and here's the audio.... As when anything becomes popular, ...
The Douchiest Person You Meet In Journalism School: Mitch Albom
MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog —
Yesterday, in his infinite nice guy-ness, Scott Van Pelt hosted Chris on his ESPN radio program. You can listen to that audio here:
Yes, unfortunately, Mitch Albom was on Van Pelt’s show before Chris, which left Moat-ram in the unenviable position of responding to Albom’s weird thoughts on bloggers, which, if you listened to that audio above, you heard. If you’d rather just read it, first of all, your mother would be proud of you, and second, here it is: ...
MSM fights Sports Bloggers! Chris Mottram Fights Back!
NESW Sports, Sports Videos —
... This is why newspapers are shutting down.
MSM is here to stay, but it is shrinking. Blogs are here to stay, and they are growing. We all need to be educated about both. Be sure to read more on this on Mister Irrelevant ( where they tell a tale of Mitch and how he can write a story before it happens ), Awful Announcing, Deadspin, and Mouthpiece Sports.
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