Mortensen to address initial #DeflateGate report on WEEI

I had a crazy day today, and there's not a chance in hell that I'll catch D&C in the morning, so I hope someone here is very thorough and accurate in noting what is said.

Mack Herron said:

Reiss' material is filtered through the politburo in Bristol. Still good, but a different voice since he sold his soul.

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Eh. As far I know, they don't do anything to HIS material. He's been very strong on deflategate. What the did was change how they handled the footballs blogs for all the teams so they could push OTHER crap on to us.

JJC said:

Just accuse Mort of cheating. He repeated a lie without fact checking it. It was journalistic malpractice and he needs to be held accountable.

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If it were that easy, John Thomase and the Herald would've had to shell out millions in a slam dunk defamation suit. After all, people still bring up the idea of taping practices to this day. Unfortunately, the bar has been set rather low for journalism in regards to ethics and "fact checking."

This is true even more in the age of social media where stories are wrong every day and shared like it's no big deal.

Sciz said:

https://twitter.com/johndennisweei/status/626922507115855872


https://twitter.com/profootballtalk/status/626962450844372992


That would kinda be a big deal.

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Holy crap. Please please please let this come out.

Deus Irae said:

If Mort actually outs his source, and it's someone from the NFL front offices, Jerry Jones, Mr. Mara, Mr. Ross and company are going to look incredibly stupid.

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Are you serious? If it really does rhyme with Pencil the whole region is going to wake up in nuclear winter.

Sorry Deus. Meant to reply sciz

Florio calling out league for using Mort and Stephen Smith as unaware pawns

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...oesnt-seem-to-realize-he-was-used-by-the-nfl/

BradyFTW! said:

He'll never name names. And it's true that I don't really blame him if he got burned by previously reliable sources. I do blame him for going silent rather than vocally acknowledging that he got the story wrong. If he had been even a little proactive about that I would have no problem with him, even knowing that naming names just isn't on the table.

Anonymous sources are all these guys have. Schefter is the best because he has the most sources telling him the most stuff. If Mort outed his sources, he would basically be guaranteeing that he never got a scoop again.

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Yeah, most of these guys will go to jail before they'll name specific names, otherwise they'd have no sources and no jobs. Anyone expecting Mortenson to name names is smoking something awfully strong.

As you've said, a explanation that the story was incorrect and some hint as to how it became that way is the best that we could possibly hope for, and I'm skeptical if we'll even get all of that, as obvious as it seems.

EDIT: Just saw that he claims to have shared his source, and if true and he announces that in a public setting, we could finally be getting the much needed break that we've all been wanting.

supafly said:

If it were that easy, John Thomase and the Globe would've had to shell out millions in a slam dunk defamation suit. After all, people still bring up the idea of taping practices to this day. Unfortunately, the bar has been set rather low for journalism in regards to ethics and "fact checking."

This is true even more in the age of social media where stories are wrong every day and shared like it's no big deal.

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No, actually, the issue is not that "the bar has been set rather low" for journalism per se. From Wikipedia, on the case (New York Times v. Sullivan) that established the actual malice standard:

Before this decision, there were nearly US $300 million in libel actions outstanding against news organizations from the Southern states, and it had caused many publications to exercise great caution when reporting on civil rights, for fear that they might be held accountable for libel.

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juny said:

Florio calling out league for using Mort and Stephen Smith as unaware pawns

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...oesnt-seem-to-realize-he-was-used-by-the-nfl/

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I disagree with Florio. They absolutely know they're being used, both of them. Both have been reporters for more than 20 years (30 for Mortensen), and know how things work. That said, they don't know that their sources are outright lying to them.

Perhaps it's Florio who doesn't understand how it works, since he hasn't really been a reporter very long at all.

ctpatsfan77 said:

No, actually, the issue is not that "the bar has been set rather low" for journalism per se. From Wikipedia, on the case (New York Times v. Sullivan) that established the actual malice standard:

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I'm not sure what to say here, but if the bar has not been set low for ethics and media (particularly in the social media age of today), then the bar is high and lots of people are ignoring it.

LOL

Sciz said:

https://twitter.com/johndennisweei/status/626922507115855872


https://twitter.com/profootballtalk/status/626962450844372992


That would kinda be a big deal.

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Well ****. I would absolutely love to eat crow on everything I just posted. Still skeptical though.

BradyFTW! said:

Well ****. I would absolutely love to eat crow on everything I just posted. Still skeptical though.

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I'm impressed that Moretensen would purposely burn a source.

But, much like Paolantonio, he's got a lot of years in the business, high-profile years, and he's got the cache to do it.

These are real shots of Mike Kensil's Facebook page. 2010 Jets Insider fan. Was NFL employee then.

Deus Irae said:

I had a crazy day today, and there's not a chance in hell that I'll catch D&C in the morning, so I hope someone here is very thorough and accurate in noting what is said.

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They leave audio of the more important interviews on their on demand page.

The PF.com forum is a tremendous asset for the latest news, but when you have time you should be able to hear it directly for yourself if you'd like.

Dr Pain said:

Holy crap. Please please please let this come out.

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If John Dennis is just teasing something he doesn't have (or doesn't share) then I will never listen to that station again.

TommyD4207 said:

I'm impressed that Moretensen would purposely burn a source.

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That would be quite impressive, and I would have a lot of respect for him in doing so.

Still doesn't quite explain the timeline in regards to dragging his heels, but maybe there was a reason?

supafly said:

That would be quite impressive, and I would have a lot of respect for him in doing so.

Still doesn't quite explain the timeline in regards to dragging his heels, but maybe there was a reason?

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Maybe he just put it together.

Maybe he just got it cleared by ESPN?

Maybe he just got sick of being told "keep quiet about it" by ESPN and is deciding to right a wrong?

I dunno, but it's really surprising he would do this. Especially someone who has been such a lackey for the league for so many years.

As much as I want it to be Kensil I just can't bring myself to raise my hopes that high.

XLIX said:

If John Dennis is just teasing something he doesn't have (or doesn't share) then I will never listen to that station again.

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John being told doesn't mean John can share.

Let's just hope Mort is willing to strike a match and start a fire.

Deus Irae said:

John being told doesn't mean John can share.

Let's just hope Mort is willing to strike a match and start a fire.

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John isn't a reporter anymore but a radio shock jock. No way he keeps this quiet for long. I hope