Just HOW Incompetent and UNETHICAL Is MCI (Ben Volin)?

Wax Frog said:

But... But... But... Cheatriots!

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P. S. per Joker's Volin-as-lurker post - [blows a kiss to Ben]

From his Twitter capture:

In the above, he publicly stated that he "reports" using Google as his resources.

My childrens' school teachers don't allow them get away with that on their book reports.

This is what the Boston Globe's standards have become.

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Jeff Howe ‏@jeffphowe 3h3 hours ago
FYI, the Kraft Foundation has no affiliation with Robert Kraft or the Patriots, according to Patriots spokesman Stacey James.

of course howe doesnt miss this chance.

Don't mind people making mistakes but the moment his was found out he should have been tweeting mea culpa's and eating **** for it not "looking into it" for five billion hours.

SVN said:

Jeff Howe ‏@jeffphowe 3h3 hours ago
FYI, the Kraft Foundation has no affiliation with Robert Kraft or the Patriots, according to Patriots spokesman Stacey James.

of course howe doesnt miss this chance.

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Good for Howe. He must be in stitches twice a day about the nincompoop at the Globe.

shmessy said:

In the above, he publicly stated that he "reports" using Google as his resources.

My childrens' school teachers don't allow them get away with that on their book reports.

This is what the Boston Globe's standards have become.

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It's very difficult for print media to keep decent sportswriters today. The Globe has seen theirs move on time and again. Now they've got Volin, probably because they figure nobody's ever going to try stealing him away.

I just wish I didn't see him on the board's pats writers twitter feed. He takes shots at the pats every chance he gets even though he is supposed to be a local writer.

I regret the fact that the Globe hired a lazy, incompetent hack to cover the Patriots.

Jeff Howe favorited your Tweet 9m:
@jeffphowe Sorry Howe, we're too busy doing Volin's job for him

ausbacker said:

I regret the fact that the Globe hired a lazy, incompetent hack to cover the Patriots.

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They needed to find a sports guy so bad that the CHB looks respectable.

"Mission Accomplished"

shmessy said:

In the above, he publicly stated that he "reports" using Google as his resources.

My childrens' school teachers don't allow them get away with that on their book reports.

This is what the Boston Globe's standards have become.

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He didn't even use Google for research, he actually just googled "Kraft foundation" and the top result said Robert Kraft so that was good enough for him. As in, his entire research was "I googled Kraft, it showed me Robert Kraft, that's all I need!" A total of about 1.3 seconds of research.

By this logic, if I googled "Ben" and the first result was "Local man Ben (any last name) arrested for child pornography", then therefore Ben Volin must be the culprit. I mean, I googled "Ben", how many Bens could there be in the world? Can't be more than 1, right?

juny said:

I just wish I didn't see him on the board's pats writers twitter feed. He takes shots at the pats every chance he gets even though he is supposed to be a local writer.

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Most of boston media is like that . they take special pride in bringing down a team or a player like peter gammons once said.

About 10 minutes of searching shows that the Kraft in question is Burnell Kraft former VP of ADM. He appears to be a Saluki (Souther Illinois University). Most grants from this foundation go to Christian groups and are of the 10k or less variety.

He should be suspended at least. This is kind of writer the Globe employs? Really reflects poorly on them.

even funny part is that he thinks he is breaking some news about kraft and aei and feels he is so competent that no one has found this connection yet in over 48 hrs and now other media member has been emailed other than him... hilarious.
His sources are , A)Other reporters B)people who email him C)google.

This guy needs a good vinegar bath!

He is sounded less like a journalist and more like the anti-Patriots fans that post their drivel on forums with out any regards to logic or truth.

Bella*chick said:

He should be suspended at least. This is kind of writer the Globe employs? Really reflects poorly on them.

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globe sucks and have a vendetta against the Pats.

volin's interview with the globe

globe: do you have any objections to attacking the Patriots every chance you get?
volin: no
globe: you are hired

I want to hit Volin with a violin