It was as if they said, "Let's do an article on blogs and completely miss everything significant, real and specific about it, including the actual existence of those who happen to blog right under our turned up noses." So they did. Tony knows more about what's going on in Hollywood than Army Archerd and he tells it in a far more entertaining style than the constipated freaks at the Times. But time will tell the tale, and real talents like Tony will prevail. Matt Welch wasn't too happy about it either.

So Tony is a guy who knows his shit - that's why it fascinates and alarms me when he says he believes OJ. This would appear to be the single most race-specific issue since affirmative action. Most white people don't want OJ to be about race, but there doesn't seem to be any way around it:

i believe oj because i want to believe oj.

like a lot of black kids in the early 70s, oj was my hero.

he had style, grace, flair, and soul.

and like lots of black people, when oj was declared not guilty, i breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

unlike a lot of people, i actually was able to watch most of the trial.

my particular job at the time, had me working the evening shift if i wanted to. and why wouldn't i want to?

i watched the whole thing on E! who had commentary during the breaks, pre- and post-coverage, and a nearly gossipy approach to the proceedings that made it more of a live action soap opera than a legal tussle. they made it easy to follow. they had all the best guests. it started around 9 or 10 in the morning and was done around 3 or 3:30. it became part of my daily routine.

as someone wanting to believe that he was not guilty, i raised my eyebrows when the LAPD couldn't account for nearly half of the blood that they collected from OJ to compare with the blood found in his bronco and at the scene and on the blood. i scratched my head when marcia chose to never include the slow chase (pictured) where oj hid in the back of the bronco and called his mother sobbing. allegedly.

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