It’s always interesting to watch the ongoing battle between journalists and bloggers. It’s mostly prevalent in the sports industry, and the other night we got an all-out uncensored dose of the heat on Costas Now. You can watch the full clip below.

So is blogging killing journalism? Of course not. Journalism is still the main source of news, whether it be in print, television, radio, or the internet. The difference between journalism and blogging is that journalism delivers facts (most of the time) whereas blogging is entirely opinion based. You don’t go to a blog to find the stats and the professional rundown of the game. You go to a site like ESPN or Yahoo! Sports for that. However, once journalism takes a turn towards opinion, it becomes blogging. I don’t care if it is Jay Mariotti running a rant in the Chicago Sun Times or John Stossel launching another segment of Give Me A Break on 20/20. The moment a journalist ventures into the world of opinion he or she does not differentiate themselves from the rest of the bloggers.

So why should bloggers be discredited for voicing an opinion if professional journalists are doing the same thing? Is their opinion more credible because they have years of industry experience? Not at all. An opinion is not right or wrong, and does not carry the weight of more credibility because it comes from a journalist. In the video above, it’s funny to watch Buzz Bissinger attack Will Leitch in the same way he accuses Will Leitch of crudely acting on his blog, Deadspin. Everything that Bissinger is standing up against suddenly goes down the toilet when anger takes over and he does exactly what he is denouncing. Nice going Bissinger. Not only do you look like a Neanderthal, but you act like one too.