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Thanks for jumping all over that Jets cameraman story! Great work! It was a joy to read your reporting on the Jets cameraman filming the Pats D last Sunday – excellent that you acknowledged all the posters who sent you game photos! Keep up the great work!
Mike
the silence is deafening.....even Foolio wont respond to anyones emails. Is this the grassy knoll or what? Other than a Miek Reiss one liner, no one will take this up.
On to week 2 tomorrow, I guess.
Most journalists probably don't want to get suckered into a wild goose chase by anonymous internet posters. I wouldn't if I were them.
Most journalists probably don't want to get suckered into a wild goose chase by anonymous internet posters. I wouldn't if I were them.
LOLOLOLOL, obviously have no idea about journalism do you............. The business is ALL about chasing wild geese in the hopes that you catch one. They may not wanna chase this particular goose (and there could be many reasons for that), but entire business of "reporting" is running down leads that will hopefully uncover a story that you can push. Many leads go nowhere.
my particular belief for this story only receiving lukewarm interest............ The original story is far sexier with the image that BB, arguably the best coach ever, cheated his way to the top.
If this story suddenly got legs and the ACTUAL truth of the matter got out that this stuff happens ALL THE TIME and BB is not the only one doing it, it actually makes the initial story less appealing.
The fact that their skewed (and sometimes false) coverage tarnishes or ruins the legacy of a great coach? Well, that might be important to us, but it obviously is not important to them.
Most journalists probably don't want to get suckered into a wild goose chase by anonymous internet posters. I wouldn't if I were them.
I don't think it's a lukewarm story at all, it's a hot story. The problem is that there is no story until it's confirmed. No evidence, therefore no reason for someone to follow up. If someone sent him information that definitively confirmed that a Jets team cameraman was illegally on the sidelines dong the same thing that the Patriots got pinched for he would pick it up. People are sending around these pictures asking people to do the legwork for them. It shouldn't be hard to figure out who the guy is and anyone on this board could figure it out with a few phone calls if they had the time and ambition.
Most 'journalists' would look like asses if it turned out that Mangini was doing exactly the same thing BB was doing. Exactly how hard do most people look for evidence proving that they've been a schmuck? I'm not following this photo stuff because it's too late for it to do any good for New England but, if it's true, it would be a nice "back at ya!" to Mangini.
LOLOLOLOL, obviously have no idea about journalism do you............. The business is ALL about chasing wild geese in the hopes that you catch one. They may not wanna chase this particular goose (and there could be many reasons for that), but entire business of "reporting" is running down leads that will hopefully uncover a story that you can push. Many leads go nowhere.
my particular belief for this story only receiving lukewarm interest............ The original story is far sexier with the image that BB, arguably the best coach ever, cheated his way to the top.
If this story suddenly got legs and the ACTUAL truth of the matter got out that this stuff happens ALL THE TIME and BB is not the only one doing it, it actually makes the initial story less appealing.
The fact that their skewed (and sometimes false) coverage tarnishes or ruins the legacy of a great coach? Well, that might be important to us, but it obviously is not important to them.
Most 'journalists' would look like asses if it turned out that Mangini was doing exactly the same thing BB was doing. Exactly how hard do most people look for evidence proving that they've been a schmuck? I'm not following this photo stuff because it's too late for it to do any good for New England but, if it's true, it would be a nice "back at ya!" to Mangini.
Many journalists ran with the picture of the Jets personnel who was incorrectly identified as Matt Estrella. None of them took the time to confirm it was Estrella. Because if they did or at least watched the whole game and saw the guy still on the sidelines in the fourth quarter, they would never had ran with the story.
I don't think it's a lukewarm story at all, it's a hot story. The problem is that there is no story until it's confirmed. No evidence, therefore no reason for someone to follow up. If someone sent him information that definitively confirmed that a Jets team cameraman was illegally on the sidelines dong the same thing that the Patriots got pinched for he would pick it up. People are sending around these pictures asking people to do the legwork for them. It shouldn't be hard to figure out who the guy is and anyone on this board could figure it out with a few phone calls if they had the time and ambition.