Costas judges Bloggers

Bob Costas has joined a list of media professionals who have issues with bloggers. The Miami Herald published an article titled, "Sports Bloggers weave a tangled web." Costas is quoted:
'But it's one thing if somebody just sets up a blog from their mother's basement in Albuquerque and they are who they are, and they're a pathetic get-a-life loser, but now that pathetic get-a-life loser can piggyback onto someone who actually has some level of professional accountability and they can be comment No. 17 on Dan Le Batard's column or Bernie Miklasz' column in St. Louis. That, in most cases, grants a forum to somebody who has no particular insight or responsibility. Most of it is a combination of ignorance or invective.''

Here's a response from David Pinto at Baseball Musings, "I'm not surprised he doesn't like bloggers. People who publicly challenge the lofty throne Costas sits on..."

I am surprised that a professional journalist of Mr. Costas' reputation would issue a statement that paints all bloggers with the same brush. Status and fame don't give a free pass to ignorance. Here is a recent article published by the Sporting News, follow that with a recent entry from the Yankees Republic blog, which is more credible and professional? Mr. Costas criticized a large group of people without knowing the facts, that qualifies as a, "combination of ignorance or invective."