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This is classic stuff and about what I expected. Opened with Dale chronicling that with all that is going on in sports today...yet the biggest story in sports this AM is that SOMEBODY HAS NOTHING (with Whitney crooning in the background LOL).
103 days to get to... NOTHING. Dale is on his game today like an avenging angel!
Michael has extended an invitation to Tomase to appear on their show today. As he is sure have others. So far no response. Dale and Holley are reiterating that on February 2nd they said that if you were going to hang your hat on one source in that piece - it better be right.
They are now detailing where Tomase went wrong, particularly if Levy's client has told him the truth that he was not the source of the February 2nd story in the Herald. They are wondering if Tomase never had a source beyond the rumors he had heard and perhaps his own conversations with Walsh. If he in fact ran with the story simply because he saw the NYT outing Walsh by name as sufficient confirmation that he must have something...and it was certainly the tape...
They are also noting that the Herald has turned off the comment function on John's blog (once again...). That happened last night, I checked. Bottom line they say Tomase must address this one way or another. Otherwise the logical assumption is he caved to pressure and did something he should not have. Only way he can recover is to throw himself on the mercy of the court (public and peer opinion). If he tries to pretend it didn't happen or people will just forget about it over time, not gonna fly. It's like they are talking to him over the airwaves.
Dale talked to Stacey James this AM and asked if the team planned to sue the Herald. Stacey said he had no comment. Dale wants them to "sue their ass", while Holley (as a journalist and from a practical point) says they should not. Holley wants to spread the blame between the Herald and the NYT as well as to the team for opening the door by taping at all (although he admits there were ZERO questions about Spygate in the media run up to the Superbowl UNTIL FEBRUARY 2ND when Tomase ran with his story). Dale however contends that what the Herald did re-ignited what was a closed matter. Holley is now talking about how Goodell's mistake in over reacting to the initial taping should also be instructive to those in positions of power going forward - be careful what you unleash as in doing so you may create more problems for yourself than you ever imagined.
Dale is now covering how the tapes turned over back up the contention that the tapes were never intended to be used in real time because of the way they were edited to show multiple angles of the plays that ensued. This was never more than a scouting tool.
Dale is now taking Fish to task...saying if he uses the Greg Aiello quote on the league's position on these tapes - he has no article. Irresponsible journalism. Even Holley says, if he is a columnist, fine - he can spew opinion. But if his title as it appears on the article is as that of an Investigative Reporter, it is not.
They are working on several avenues to advance the story. Today should be must hear radio on WEEI...
103 days to get to... NOTHING. Dale is on his game today like an avenging angel!
Michael has extended an invitation to Tomase to appear on their show today. As he is sure have others. So far no response. Dale and Holley are reiterating that on February 2nd they said that if you were going to hang your hat on one source in that piece - it better be right.
They are now detailing where Tomase went wrong, particularly if Levy's client has told him the truth that he was not the source of the February 2nd story in the Herald. They are wondering if Tomase never had a source beyond the rumors he had heard and perhaps his own conversations with Walsh. If he in fact ran with the story simply because he saw the NYT outing Walsh by name as sufficient confirmation that he must have something...and it was certainly the tape...
They are also noting that the Herald has turned off the comment function on John's blog (once again...). That happened last night, I checked. Bottom line they say Tomase must address this one way or another. Otherwise the logical assumption is he caved to pressure and did something he should not have. Only way he can recover is to throw himself on the mercy of the court (public and peer opinion). If he tries to pretend it didn't happen or people will just forget about it over time, not gonna fly. It's like they are talking to him over the airwaves.
Dale talked to Stacey James this AM and asked if the team planned to sue the Herald. Stacey said he had no comment. Dale wants them to "sue their ass", while Holley (as a journalist and from a practical point) says they should not. Holley wants to spread the blame between the Herald and the NYT as well as to the team for opening the door by taping at all (although he admits there were ZERO questions about Spygate in the media run up to the Superbowl UNTIL FEBRUARY 2ND when Tomase ran with his story). Dale however contends that what the Herald did re-ignited what was a closed matter. Holley is now talking about how Goodell's mistake in over reacting to the initial taping should also be instructive to those in positions of power going forward - be careful what you unleash as in doing so you may create more problems for yourself than you ever imagined.
Dale is now covering how the tapes turned over back up the contention that the tapes were never intended to be used in real time because of the way they were edited to show multiple angles of the plays that ensued. This was never more than a scouting tool.
Dale is now taking Fish to task...saying if he uses the Greg Aiello quote on the league's position on these tapes - he has no article. Irresponsible journalism. Even Holley says, if he is a columnist, fine - he can spew opinion. But if his title as it appears on the article is as that of an Investigative Reporter, it is not.
They are working on several avenues to advance the story. Today should be must hear radio on WEEI...
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