Comments on: Just a Little Something For Will Leitch and The Starting Five Interviews Buzz Bissinger http://thestartingfive.net/2008/05/27/just-a-little-something-for-will-leitch-and-the-starting-five-interviews-buzz-bissinger/ Bangin’ and Scorin’ Every Trip Down the Floor Thu, 23 May 2013 05:56:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Wednesday Morning Starting Five: 5 Years to Yell and Black | The Starting Five http://thestartingfive.net/2008/05/27/just-a-little-something-for-will-leitch-and-the-starting-five-interviews-buzz-bissinger/comment-page-1/#comment-37251 Wednesday Morning Starting Five: 5 Years to Yell and Black | The Starting Five Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:12:31 +0000 http://thestartingfive.net/?p=1149#comment-37251 [...] This is not just about The Starting Five nor I. These chumps trashing the art form need to get called out just like in any other [...]

]]> By: Friday Fire: What is the Responsibility of the Media? | The Starting Five http://thestartingfive.net/2008/05/27/just-a-little-something-for-will-leitch-and-the-starting-five-interviews-buzz-bissinger/comment-page-1/#comment-30681 Friday Fire: What is the Responsibility of the Media? | The Starting Five Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:45:40 +0000 http://thestartingfive.net/?p=1149#comment-30681 [...] we’ve done many posts on the subject (what I can find): here, here (digging the snow), here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and last but not least, [...]

]]> By: The Monday Morning Starting Five: 2*23*09 | The Starting Five http://thestartingfive.net/2008/05/27/just-a-little-something-for-will-leitch-and-the-starting-five-interviews-buzz-bissinger/comment-page-1/#comment-23559 The Monday Morning Starting Five: 2*23*09 | The Starting Five Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:20:25 +0000 http://thestartingfive.net/?p=1149#comment-23559 [...] Skip Bayless’ interview will be posted tomorrow. It’s been one of the more challenging convos to transcribe, but the content is [...]

]]> By: D Original: Interview With Dream Hampton | The Starting Five http://thestartingfive.net/2008/05/27/just-a-little-something-for-will-leitch-and-the-starting-five-interviews-buzz-bissinger/comment-page-1/#comment-22760 D Original: Interview With Dream Hampton | The Starting Five Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:05:41 +0000 http://thestartingfive.net/?p=1149#comment-22760 [...] believes in this thing called immersion journalism (an example you might be familiar with here is Buzz Bissinger’s Friday Night Lights). So did the filmmaker Maya Deren. When Maya did a documentary about voodoo in [...]

]]> By: TC http://thestartingfive.net/2008/05/27/just-a-little-something-for-will-leitch-and-the-starting-five-interviews-buzz-bissinger/comment-page-1/#comment-21208 TC Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:10:37 +0000 http://thestartingfive.net/?p=1149#comment-21208 I didn’t read all this interview when you first posted it….great interview though Mike. A lot of things to think about here, as others noted.

]]> By: "I Got News For You John McCain. We All Put Our Country First!" | The Starting Five http://thestartingfive.net/2008/05/27/just-a-little-something-for-will-leitch-and-the-starting-five-interviews-buzz-bissinger/comment-page-1/#comment-16013 "I Got News For You John McCain. We All Put Our Country First!" | The Starting Five Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:10:00 +0000 http://thestartingfive.net/?p=1149#comment-16013 [...] Black diaspora or he won’t get elected. He couldn’t have Sankofa, Temple3, TBR , AXG or I as a running mate because–at least me at least– I would Radio Raheem their asses until [...]

]]> By: A Historic Moment For All of US: Barack Obama Officially Becomes the First Black Man To Win A Party Nomination for President of the United States | The Starting Five http://thestartingfive.net/2008/05/27/just-a-little-something-for-will-leitch-and-the-starting-five-interviews-buzz-bissinger/comment-page-1/#comment-15960 A Historic Moment For All of US: Barack Obama Officially Becomes the First Black Man To Win A Party Nomination for President of the United States | The Starting Five Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:54:27 +0000 http://thestartingfive.net/?p=1149#comment-15960 [...] differences with an institution that has proven time and time again that it doesn’t give a Buzz about us when it comes down to [...]

]]> By: NYOIL Interview: Hip Hop 1968 Black Is Back! | The Starting Five http://thestartingfive.net/2008/05/27/just-a-little-something-for-will-leitch-and-the-starting-five-interviews-buzz-bissinger/comment-page-1/#comment-13590 NYOIL Interview: Hip Hop 1968 Black Is Back! | The Starting Five Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:59:45 +0000 http://thestartingfive.net/?p=1149#comment-13590 [...] the restraint of giving a damn about people who don’t give a damn about what we really give a Buzz about here and also with Dwil and his crew at [...]

]]> By: A Good-Bye Letter to Deadspin’s Will Leitch | Sports On My Mind http://thestartingfive.net/2008/05/27/just-a-little-something-for-will-leitch-and-the-starting-five-interviews-buzz-bissinger/comment-page-1/#comment-13130 A Good-Bye Letter to Deadspin’s Will Leitch | Sports On My Mind Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:19:39 +0000 http://thestartingfive.net/?p=1149#comment-13130 [...] as Buzz Bissinger has continued to give interviews to the “respectable” media, making his “points,” we felt [...]

]]> By: Mizzo http://thestartingfive.net/2008/05/27/just-a-little-something-for-will-leitch-and-the-starting-five-interviews-buzz-bissinger/comment-page-1/#comment-12294 Mizzo Sat, 31 May 2008 07:37:33 +0000 http://thestartingfive.net/?p=1149#comment-12294 Thanks all for the words. I really wanted something definitive here. I’m glad you all appreciated the point I was trying to get across. Make sure you come back and check out the piece I’m writing for Monday.

Be Peace

Mizzo

]]> By: Okori http://thestartingfive.net/2008/05/27/just-a-little-something-for-will-leitch-and-the-starting-five-interviews-buzz-bissinger/comment-page-1/#comment-12276 Okori Fri, 30 May 2008 17:05:14 +0000 http://thestartingfive.net/?p=1149#comment-12276 http://themajestyofwrestling.blogspot.com/2008/05/tsf-special-why-chris-benoit.html

]]> By: Myron http://thestartingfive.net/2008/05/27/just-a-little-something-for-will-leitch-and-the-starting-five-interviews-buzz-bissinger/comment-page-1/#comment-12265 Myron Fri, 30 May 2008 13:36:52 +0000 http://thestartingfive.net/?p=1149#comment-12265 MODI,

It’s not really fair to turn this into psychoanalysis, but the more I read from Bissinger on this subject, I think his real issue is with “The Death of Newspapers” in big capital letters. He is looking for something to blame and blogs are a convenient target.

What is interesting is that newspapers were dying before blogging took off, and – if anything – blogging may be helping to stem the bleeding a bit. I go to WashingtonPost.com far more since Steinberge moved there than I did before. I check out more columnists now thanks to links on various blogs than I did before.

I guess my biggest bewilderment is that bloggins is still a distant foirth in importance in driving a story. I would say right now it is:

1. ESPN
2. Talk Radio
3. Newspapers
———- huge gap ————
4. Blogs

It just seems like the level of vitriol is far too great for the subject.

]]> By: TC http://thestartingfive.net/2008/05/27/just-a-little-something-for-will-leitch-and-the-starting-five-interviews-buzz-bissinger/comment-page-1/#comment-12259 TC Fri, 30 May 2008 06:27:29 +0000 http://thestartingfive.net/?p=1149#comment-12259 Great interview MT….hell of an interview. Bissinger is an interesting cat.

]]> By: Okori http://thestartingfive.net/2008/05/27/just-a-little-something-for-will-leitch-and-the-starting-five-interviews-buzz-bissinger/comment-page-1/#comment-12245 Okori Thu, 29 May 2008 22:14:36 +0000 http://thestartingfive.net/?p=1149#comment-12245 from what i understand…. the AP listing authors is at the individual discretion of the paper. and you might find the author listing at the bottom of the page.

]]> By: MODI http://thestartingfive.net/2008/05/27/just-a-little-something-for-will-leitch-and-the-starting-five-interviews-buzz-bissinger/comment-page-1/#comment-12243 MODI Thu, 29 May 2008 22:09:22 +0000 http://thestartingfive.net/?p=1149#comment-12243 Myron, I completely agree with everything that you wrote that criticism should start with mainstream and all the examples that you wrote. Bissinger did address talk radio, but it would be nice to have heard him address the usual TV blowhard suspects.

Okori, since the AP is a syndication service… should that be relevant? Shouldn’t the author or authors put their name on it anyway? A rare exception was the AP article on Sean Taylor listing him playing hookie in the 3rd grade while he lay on his deathbed. Since the author was known, we were able to address that person specifically. The AP needs accountability

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