DID COWHERD STEAL MZONE MATERIAL?
Yost at MZone is bleeding from his ears in anger at Colin Cowherd of ESPN, who just may have given him the best free pub he could ever get by reading whole chunks of Yost’s Vince Young Wonderlic piece on the radio without crediting MZone for the gags.
Is Colin Cowherd the Milton Berle of talk radio? By this, we refer to Berle’s notoriety in the comedy world as a first-rate joke thief, and not to Uncle Milty’s legendarily enormous, block-out-the-sun penis. In a spasm of journalism, we emailed Cowherd to get a response, and will post it ASAP when and if we get one.
If not, cue Pajamas Media-style blogger hysterics.
Milton Berle, bit-biter, showing everyone the tale of the tape.
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[...] Last month, I posed the question: does the mainstream media steal from blogs? On Wednesday, ESPN Radio’s Colin Cowherd answered with an empatic “yes,” lifting almost word for word a fake Wonderlic test from The M Zone, a Michigan football blog. By now, Deadspin, YAYsports! and countless others have weighed in. I’ve already talked about this type of stuff much more than I’d like to, but it’s yet another example of how those in the mainstream media1 often misunderstand, look down upon or generally take advantage and appropriate material from those who write on the internet. [...]
Pingback by The Cowherd controversy at Detroit Bad Boys — March 24, 2006 @ 5:21 pm
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Cowherd is an asshat. If he was in my class I’d flunk him AND report him to the Honor Court.
Comment by The Conscience of a Nation — March 23, 2006 @ 2:18 pm
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Response posted on M-Zone by Cowherd and the show is bullshit.
What arrogance! Bill Simmons, you’ve been demoted and Cowherd is now #1 jackass.
Comment by Ryno — March 23, 2006 @ 1:28 pm
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I hope not to see any photographic evidence, but there is a story in “Live From New York” (good book by the way if you even remotely have fond memories of SNL before the wretch that is Jimmy Fallon the giggly bitch) when Miltie hosted SNL and one of the writers tells of how he went to talk to him and he asked him if he wanted to see his anaconda, and Gilda Radner walked in on him staring at his trouser snake. Funny stuff.
Comment by Greg — March 23, 2006 @ 1:27 pm
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No sweat. And yes, by all means, thank Stranko.
Comment by Orson Swindle — March 23, 2006 @ 1:08 pm