Oregon Media Insiders

Enough with the handwringing and hyper-moral outrage. You're all in a lather over Canzano and his "selling out", and angrily declaring how he has no credibility and you now can't trust what he says, and he hasn't even been on the air yet!

I find it hard to believe that he would jeopardize his reputation and all that he has worked for in his career to be Paul Allen's and the Blazers' poodle. Don't you think we should at least wait until he is on the air to determine if this is the case? I notice that the show isn't called the John Canzano Blazer Lovefest, and until we actually get to hear what he has to say, I say you all should put a cork in it.

We readers and listeners aren't stupid. I think we can figure out for ourselves if he is being honest. And if he isn't, we should all do what he says we should do: hammer him. We are, after all, the ultimate deciders, aren't we? In the meantime, having read and enjoyed his stuff since he arrived here, I think he will indeed be independent and honest and straightforward, and not kowtow to the Blazer gods. I guess we'll find out next month, won't we?

Relax, people. I seriously doubt it's going to start raining frogs the second he takes to the airwaves. I suggest we take him up on his offer to judge him by his body of work. I know I will, and for that reason I expect him to put forth the same level of outstanding, insightful, and intelligent commentary on the radio as he does in print.