This guy has an email box on his website ready to go for flaming--I sent him a Christmas wish:
Yep. Checking to make sure you were a Oklahoma homer before I called you an Oklahoma homer. I'm busy flaming you on another board so I can't stay long other than to say you must not follow football much. Big reader? I can imagine you curled up with something... but had not considered literature. So is that what you do on Saturday while your buddies are watching football? Shopping for OSU seatless cowboy chaps? Offense is fun to watch if you only have a few minutes to watch while exchanging gerbils. Real men love defense and use it to win championships. I hope this helps you. BAMAWV
Click here for linkI sent a new message to our buddy with CBS, just to make sure he had heard the good news.
Hey Gregg! You don't mind I call you Gregg? Just checking to be certain you heard the good news about the Crimson Tide. The football will be world class and both schools have excellent bands to entertain you, while your MIL grazes on your finger foods. Are you going to wear something special? Needless to say, all are excited here. What bowl will your team be in this year? I am sure you will still have oodles of fun.
BAMAWV
Good work.
Writers like Gregg don't bother me anymore. Years ago, sure.
They are paid to keep it going. They value their own opinons too much!
If they could remove how they felt about what they are writing, it would be different, but they don't seem to be capable of that!
I don't mind them having a personal bias-- just be up front and disclose it-- instead of acting like your voice represents the collective.