Friday, August 27, 2004
Lederer Goes Matlock on Whitlock
After reading the column by Jason Whitlock that got us so fired up yesterday, guest columnist Joe Lederer dug into Whitlock's archives and found an interesting article written just three weeks before yesterday's in which he defended the USA basketball team and said Americans were unpatriotic racists if they didn't root for them. Here's a quote from that earlier column in which Whitlock criticizes the very same team.
"Larry (Brown) has plenty of unmotivated, lazy, arrogant NBA talent with which to work."
Does anyone else see a slight contrast in his views in these two columns? Perhaps the first column didn't generate enough controversy. Maybe Mr. Whitlock is less concerned with responsible writing than he is with drawing more hits than his fellow Page 2 columnists. After all, sensationalistic ignorance always sells bigger. In the last twenty-four hours, Mr. Whitlock's latest column is Page 2's most sent story by a margin of more than 5:1. Congratulations, Jason.
By the way, the "Dream Team" just lost to Argentina, ensuring that the bronze is the highest medal they can possibly win. Racist American Sports Fans, please, put your shoes on before you go dancing in the streets.
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"Larry (Brown) has plenty of unmotivated, lazy, arrogant NBA talent with which to work."
Does anyone else see a slight contrast in his views in these two columns? Perhaps the first column didn't generate enough controversy. Maybe Mr. Whitlock is less concerned with responsible writing than he is with drawing more hits than his fellow Page 2 columnists. After all, sensationalistic ignorance always sells bigger. In the last twenty-four hours, Mr. Whitlock's latest column is Page 2's most sent story by a margin of more than 5:1. Congratulations, Jason.
By the way, the "Dream Team" just lost to Argentina, ensuring that the bronze is the highest medal they can possibly win. Racist American Sports Fans, please, put your shoes on before you go dancing in the streets.
# posted by j.h.k. @ 1:01 PM 
