“I do sincerely regret the way in which Leitch was treated because it did undermine the valid points that I was trying to make.” So you’re sorry you were an ass because it kept the focus away from your very valid points? [VF]

Somehow the travails of Buzz Bissinger v. Will Leitch, Jared Paul Stern v. Ron Burkle, Page Six v. Vanessa Grigoriadis, Cathy Horyn v. Giorgio Armani, Dale Peck v. Rick Moody, and Leonard Wieseltier v. Andrew Sullivan get boiled down to what’s going on between Lauren Conrad and Heidi Montag:

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Blog hater and Friday Night Lights author Buzz Bissinger is kinda sorry for being a douche on HBO: “I believe in what I said (although the emails I received have also directed me to some excellent information-based sports blogs I was not aware of). But I made a terrible mistake in the manner in which I said it. I am a man of passion and my passion truly got the better of me. I should have considerably toned it down, in particular in terms of my treatment of Will Leitch. Without going into details, I have taken steps to remedy that. I have also publicly apologized on several radio shows that have been widely disseminated. Those apologies are sincere, just as my passion was sincere if terribly misplaced. I treated Mister Leitch like the worst kind of blogger.” [TBL]