Great article!
elrod's an interesting character. his real name is robert mcchesney. he's a professor at university of illinois at urbana-champaign.
via wikipedia:
His work concentrates on the history and political economy of communication, emphasizing the role media play in democratic and capitalist societies. McChesney has a particular interest in the state of journalism, and the relationship of media systems and structures to effective self-governance. He is the co-founder of Free Press, a national media reform organization. From 2002-2012 McChesney hosted the 'Media Matters' weekly radio program every Sunday afternoon on WILL-AM radio.
McChesney frequently writes with John Nichols and John Bellamy Foster. He is among the most widely read and honored communication scholars in the world today. His work has been professionally translated into 31 languages. In 2001 Adbusters Magazine named him one of the 'Nine Pioneers of Mental Environmentalism.' Utne Reader in 2008 listed him as one of their "50 visionaries who are changing the world". In 2006, conservative advocate David Horowitz included McChesney in his book The Professors: The 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America...
...A lifelong sports fan, McChesney writes about professional basketball for the RealGM website under the name Elrod Enchilada.
That's a bold statement, lol.
I had to google him more and look that up, and it does turn out he's a total Marxist/socialist/etc. Editor of a Marxist journal. Participant in a "Socialist Scholars" conference. If this were the 50's or 60's, he'd probably be on a Security Index or something, I guess. Since it's the 10's, he seems to take gleeful pride in being considered such a threat by a right winger, and feels no fear.
I'd love to know how he became a Celtics fan. I would figure a Marxist/socialist/whatever would root for an underdog franchise instead of the most dominant team in NBA history. The Celtics = parquet hegemony, basketball's ruling class, NBA empire.
If he likes the revolting proletariat so much, perhaps he should have rooted for the Knicks or the Nets.