TBL muscling up

I had triple confirmation, STILL went with “hearing.”

why do i not couch any of the media stories that way? Well, i’ll let you read into that how you like, or we can discuss it if we meet up over drinks.

As of right now, I’m hearing that Jim Harbaugh will not be the next coach at the University of Michigan.

Whoever wrote that must have had a fun time tearing down two weeks of “Harbaugh to Michigan” posts at thebiglead.com

Okay it happened, 100 people in my news feed all commented on it… now tell me what it means.

i heard that. wrote the post.

Detroit media took a dump on my report. not true, they said!

later in the day, some Detroit Freep or Det News reporter confirmed it.

I still have the emails going back and forth with Michael Rosenberg, who apologized for taking shots at me.

Harbaugh not going to Michigan, one of my 3 best breaks since i started this website (IMO)

As of right now, I’m hearing that Jim Harbaugh will not be the next coach at the University of Michigan.

What’s going now is that so many NFL reporters are attempting to break news, they’ll take anything from agents, throw it up onto twitter, and chaos ensues, as scores of other reporters chase that “rumor” – which was cloaked as news using phrases like “sounds like” or “getting the sense” or “I’m hearing.” That way, if it happens, you can say, “as I talked about” and if you’re wrong, you can say, “well, I never reported it was definitely happening.”

you’re just effing with us, right Jace?

http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/01/03/jim-harbaugh-to-michigan-fell-apart-over-the-weekend-dave-brandons-in-a-tough-spot/

what’s the difference betweent he agent telling the reporter, who blindly tweets it to be first

If the reporter was actually doing his job, he’d try to verify it. Of course, the point of this post is that reporters don’t do that anymore.

Yeah, because we can certainly trust agents, athletes and teams to be completely forthcoming and truthful.

Serious question – what’s the difference betweent he agent telling the reporter, who blindly tweets it to be first, and the agent themselves doing so? I’d argue the first is actually worse because it gives the impression of authenticity.

make a mistake like the photo yesterday

But the mistake was so much more interesting than the truth.

“When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.”
– The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Wwe would be better served waiting for the subjects breaking news over Twitter. When that time comes, would we even need reporters?”

Yeah, because we can certainly trust agents, athletes and teams to be completely forthcoming and truthful.

Is there “value” in breaking who the new defensive coordinator of the Saints is going to be?

Well, hell, now you’re just provoking Breesus.

“It isn’t like it used to be in the newspaper days. The consequences for being wrong were so severe. Now, outlets just don’t care. Reporters don’t care.”

The genie’s out of the bottle, and it ain’t going back in.

Fisher’s statement said that because of the ongoing investigations being conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. attorney’s office, the players wanted the executive committee to take steps to protect them.

More interesting. Criminal stuff here.

Hunter, 70, has said he looks forward to continuing in his position and recently made changes based on the review’s findings such as instituting an anti-nepotism policy. He fired his daughter and daughter-in-law, and announced the union would no longer use a financial institution that employs his son.

Nice.