02.26.09 ERIN PAGEVIEWS WILL SUE YOUR PANTS OFF

Erin Andrews has a better reaction than most in terms of accepting her place in the blogosphere, probably because the only criticism Princess Pageviews manages to field has to do with her wardrobe or her relationships with the athletes she covers (But if Jack Arute gave Pete Carroll a blow job, I’m sure we’d all be fine with it). So it comes as a bit of a surprise when EA went on record and said that, yes, she has reached out to have certain posts about her taken down:

” There’s been situations where stuff that’s been false has been written [about me on the internet]. We’ve kinda had to take action on our own. Whether it’s my agents or lawyers or stuff. It’s kind of hard to stay away from it. I’m not as obsessive I think about it as as I was about it when I first started. It’s amazing that people can write the stuff that they write and not be held accountable for it. Can you imagine if you and I went on air or on the radio and said some of the stuff that these people get away with. We’d be fired. It’s unbelievable.”

We’ve been down this road before, Erin. Your job is to report what’s happening during a game. Our job is to make fun of you, or whatever brings us traffic. We’re accountable to our audience and to anyone that might sue us, including you. And you’re as viable a target or subject of conversation as the people that you cover. And you have very nice cans. Do you have time to give me an autograph? On my weiner? Just make it out “To The President.” And go slowly. it’s gotta be legible enough to scan.

[ESPN 540 Milwaukee, via Sports Radio Interviews]