Redskins Radio and The Sourcerer

Ok, last post on this. But bear in mind that it’s late May, and also that I only just got the power of Redlasso and now might be losing it, so I need to take rapid advantage.

And thus, the origins of Larry Michael’s Source-o-Meter, which is actually called the “Source Meter,” but I like “Source-o-Meter” a lot better. This would be the debut episode, in which he decides to refer to one of my colleagues only as “The Sourcerer.”

In case you’re averse to watching this, here’s the highlight:

“When I’m doing a game on the radio and I’m doing the play by play…I’ve got two ways I can go, ok? I can either say what I see, or I could make it up. I could make up something. On the radio, you can make it up, because no one’s watching it.”

Hmmm. Call me crazy, but I’d argue that there might actually be a few people who are watching the game, and that Larry Michael would not, in fact, be able to make up a fake play-by-play for the game being played in his head and thus dupe the world, causing Redskins fans to mob Pennsylvania Avenue for the Super Bowl victory celebration following the team’s 97-3 throttling of the Texans. Like, I really think the “make it up” plan would not work too well on radio.

Similarly, his claim that “nowadays, with the BLOGS!–The Sourcerer, ok?–you can make it up, so where is the veracity, where is the accountability for these stories?” could be compared against human experience.

For example, Sourcerer post, Monday, 8:28 pm: “The Washington Redskins will hire Morocco Brown to be the team’s new director of pro personnel, according to league and team sources.” Redskins press release, Tuesday, 4:52 pm: “The Washington Redskins announced today that they have named Morocco Brown Director of Pro Personnel.” That might be called “veracity” in some circles.

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