Comments on: ESPN Radio Douche Steals From Blogger

By: Yost

Yost — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 00:33:18 +0000

MJD,

Want to say thanks for all the support on this. Really appreciate it.

Best,

Yost and the M Zone Gang

By: pete A.

pete A. — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:45:13 +0000

ESPN Radio has an audience? Actually, I’ve tuned into this guy by mistake, and he reinforces the general consensus that the ESPN On-air “personalities” are ass-kissing, whiners with little talent. Dan Patrick is the ringleader.

By: DookieStyle

DookieStyle — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 11:47:36 +0000

Colin Cowherd is the worst thing to happen to any kind of radio. He’s just plain stupid.

By: DeadSpinner

DeadSpinner — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 20:59:52 +0000

How can you think he created that he said he either got it off the internet or someone sent it to him. Where does he claim ownership?

He is a dumbass and he should be fired. But, really a punk like Cowturd steals your maerial and you want credit.

By: derek

derek — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 18:06:54 +0000

well first off, i listen to colin everyday…he is, perhaps, the best thing that happened to espn radio! When Tony Kornheiser. left, everyone was saddened and left wondering who would fill his shoes…but that was B.C. (before colin). now, if given the choice, i wouldnt take tony back and often i wish that colin’s show would absorb both mike and mike in the morning and the dan patrick show. i would love to challenge you guys who say you hate him, find him unoriginal, awful, wee todd did, etc to listen to his show for a week. i believe 85% will: end up belly laughing, find his opinions both original and insightful, love his takes on life and relationships in general. as for the other 15%, you are mouthbreathers!

By: the everyday joe

the everyday joe — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 18:02:54 +0000

What makes it different? I was pretty confident that mjd didn’t bust out the Rolodex of photos he took of radio show hacks. But a listener to that show would be inclined to think that the piece was written by the show.

If the image is the joke, then you give credit where credit is due. Getting into the legalities of using the image is a separate issue to me. An issue which my non-grad school attending ass is ill-equipped to get into.

By: Pacifist Viking

Pacifist Viking — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 17:26:56 +0000

One question though–all over the internet, we’re all basically stealing images. We find images at websites, we want to put them on a blog, and we put them up without clarifying where we got the picture. I mean, where did you get that photo of Colin Cowherd used in this entry?

Is this different? I think it is, but I’d like to know exactly how it is different.

I’m a teacher, and I’ve been through grad school–I know the importance of citing sources. And I think it’s reprehensible to use written material from a blog on a radio show without identifying the source.

But what makes borrowing images without identifying the source different?

By: Colin's Mom

Colin's Mom — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 17:25:13 +0000

You guy’s really hit the nail on the head. My son is a giant douche. When he was a teenager, he went thru this phase where his reply to everything would be, “Yo Carlton, you’re just being whack!!” I kept telling him, I’m your mother, and who is this ‘Carlton’? He said, “Ma, I just made it up. Like 2 seconds ago. It’s hilarious, right?” One night the douche left the television set on, just before ‘Blossom’ aired at 8:30. I love that Blossom. I did, however, catch the ending of a show called, ‘Fresh Prince’- and found out who carlton was. Man, Carlton was a douche. But Carlton looked like a million bucks compared to my douchebag kid. I can’t even stand looking at his ugly mug at the top of this page.

By: chris

chris — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 05:42:32 +0000

He’s not even good. It’s one thing to get your shit stolen from a star or someone funny, but getting it lifted from Colin Cowherd is almost an insult.

By: Benny

Benny — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 05:23:07 +0000

I hope this story gets out because that’s wrong. I don’t listen much to Cowherd but I know he’s always picking football games to bet on. I think he’s not that good.

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 02:59:29 +0000

Cowherd is a GIGANTIC douchebag, so this isn’t all that surprising. At least here he was actually doing something amusing, even if it was stolen; he’s normally just awful.

By: SurNation

SurNation — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 01:21:12 +0000

They should fire him for stealing but also stuff that wasn’t that funny to begin with. I mean if your going to get fired, do if for something that is good.

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 01:02:19 +0000

WOW can you say “borderline literate”?

By: Fan's Attic

Fan's Attic — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 00:22:40 +0000

Cowherd was a local sportscaster on TV and the Radio in my neck of the woods before he went “BigTime” and I always remember him being very unoriginal and trite. He calls his show “The Herd with Colin Cowherd.” After this showing and his subsequent email to the M-zone, we should call his show “The Douche with Colin Cowdoucher.”

By: rwn3f

rwn3f — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 21:35:04 +0000

I heard this and the worst part was not only that he didnt credit M Zone and passed it off as his own, but his tinkering with the piece made it worse then the original. you could tell he did it on the fly too, cause he had trouble reading it. that guy is sofa king wee todd did. (I just made that up)