Only recently did I find a transcript from the November 2, 2009 program of Countdown with Keith Olbermann.
In which, I was called out as the "best uninformed blogger."
I had written an article that argued that the US Congress should revoke ESPN's license to broadcast. In part because of ESPN's refusal to report charges of sexual assault by Ben Roethlisberger last summer, overplaying the stories about Pacman Jones, and the hit-pieces against Raiders coach Tom Cable.
Turns out that ESPN has no license to broadcast because the FCC has no authority over ESPN.
Touche.
Nevertheless, I would say that while I may be uninformed about many of the basics involved in the direct aspects of being employed in the mainstream media, I don't care. Not knowing that the FCC has no authority over ESPN is irrelevant to me.
Before you think I'm just being arrogant, hear me out. The reason that I don't care is that the information is trivial to someone in my social condition. It is irrelevant to what I do.
I'm a swashbuckler in this environment and intellectual when the subject calls f...
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