AzPatsFan

Ain't that the Truth.

Deus Irae

My post seems to have disappeared. Bizarre.....

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APatrioticVirginian

NBC has never added legitimacy to anything.

Patjew

aargh, you beat me to it!

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spacecrime

I didn't even see this one...

Ice_Ice_Brady

I've been an avid reader of PFT for a few years. A lot of the stories have a foundation, and a lot of internal discussions between teams just do not pan out. Sure, there are also quite a few misses, but I believe almost all of the stories are believed to have truth when posted. Compared with other blogs and sites, I find this one to be pretty accurate, and best of all, when my brother or my father calls me all excited about something, I just tell them "Yeah, I already knew that." I've become the family insider =).

Not sure where all the Patriots Paranoia is coming from. Yeah, Florio is not afraid to take a story and run with it, but let's consider that over the last two years, the Patriots have dominated NFL headlines, from Moss to Spygate to 18-1, to Brady's injury. Florio got swept up in Spygate, as did virtually every reporter during it's initial stages. One thing I really respected was that, as information came to light, he made an effort to put things in perspective and did represent both sides of the coin. He pointed out that a lot of teams use espionage and weighed the legitimacy of the Patriots' titles in a fair way. Compared to a lot of other reporters, he was way more sympathetic to the Patriots. I did not find his writing to be sensational on this topic.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/colum...nne&id=3438752

Things like the Matt Walsh story were presented way more factually on PFT than on ESPN.com, and Florio always stated that the Walsh-SB36 thing was an unfounded rumor, that Thomase was the one who needed to explain himself, and that Florio personally did not believe was true, or at least would be proven. His angle on the story was more focused on the sandbagging by the Globe, whereas other agencies focused on the impliciations by assuming the story was true. Also, Florio, unlike even some of the most liberal blogs, pointed out the clear connection between Arlen Spector and Comcast.

In terms of bias, I've heard that Florio is a Steelers fan. He constantly takes shots at Ben Roethlisberger being a prima donna and a "drama queen", labels Santonio Holmes as a "turd", and brought up that Holmes' celebration in the championship last year should have warranted a penalty. I wish a lot of Pats' fans would understand the big picture, which is that every fan base is really sensitive to criticism of their team and takes it personally. If you want to find a sensationalist, biased, horrible team of reporters, check out ESPN... they will run with anything that will get them more viewers, and worse than that, they have personal biases against some teams, Pats included. Their own ombudsman quit, citing compromised professional integrity throughout the organization.

http://awfulannouncing.blogspot.com/...e-we-shed.html

livinginthe past

As regards Spygate, alot of Patriots fans are probably a little tired of the way Florio would boost the site hits by dropping mention of them when things were a little slow.

You look at the articles that always get the largest number of replies, and generally speaking, they mention the Patriots to some degree.

I still read PFT because they often get the scoop, however I do try and avoid the comments section as it is populated by rabid morons.

WhiskeyBreath

I hate that ****ing site.

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JoeSixPat

I don't think he's abdicating the running of the website to NBC by any means.

Florio does get fed legitimate scoops - and also gets used by agents and coaches and gets misinformation.

Those sources aren't just going to start sending their scoops to NBC.

I expect Florio will continue to get the scoops directly but will no longer have to worry about the website infrastructure. NBC gets a chance to profit from the marketing and advertising - Florio just reaps whatever portion was in his sales agreement.

That would be my guess.

Aside from that I've never faulted a site calling itself the Rumormill for reporting rumors rather than confirmed facts or analytical insight.