Leitch is disingenuous. Imagine giving a pyromaniac a box of matches and saying "now whatever you do, don't use these" then saying "It's not MY fault he used the matches."

That's kind of what he and his compadres are doing by allowing pretty much any life form with opposable thumbs to post comments on Deadspin and and others blogs that pander to the salacious and gossipy (like Radar at times?). These are the same people who call in to Talk Radio to rant and rave about a manager leaving in a pitcher one batter too long. We share your pain, guys, but enough already. The fact that anyone can drop comments like those on Bissinger's Wikipedia page kind of proves my point I think.

Bissinger may be a bit passionate in his opinion of psuedo-journalist bloggers anxious for a moment in the sun, rushing to post "news" at the cost of accuracy and integrity. I am of his generation,as well as a fellow professional journalist and understand the frustration of having to compete, at least in some ways, with these attention-grabbers. But I agree with Costas that there are plenty of thoughtful and well-produced blogs out there

The sanest voice of the panelists seemed to be Braylon Edwards.