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Mort could out him. Mort could out ESPN.Kensil has got to make sure that he still has Mortenen before he can do that.
He could be the Linda Tripp of this whole thing.
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Mort could out him. Mort could out ESPN.Kensil has got to make sure that he still has Mortenen before he can do that.
Who could forget this?Mort could out him. Mort could out ESPN.
He could be the Linda Tripp of this whole thing.
OMG! Hysterical.Who could forget this?
Kensil has got to make sure that he still has Mortenen before he can do that.
That would be a great question to ask during a deposition.I wonder if Mort ever asked Kensil anything about it after the fact, or have they spoken since?
Not sure but Jackson quickly shot that down.Who wrote the other big lie story that immediately began circulating - the one about Jackson intercepting the ball and noticing that it felt deflated?
Was that the puke from Indy? Or another Mortenson piece?
To clarify an earlier point:
Dennis just said "Kensil is the one, I'm told, who leaked the story." (emphasis mine)
Earlier I stated that it sounded like Dennis was just repeating the same speculation we have all been making for months. Just now he stated that he was told this information. He didn't give an ounce of clarity regarding who told him, but it seems he is reporting something he heard instead of just speculating.
Mortensen could have retracted his report as soon as he knew it was wrong, even if it was only when the Wells report came out. He wouldn't have to name names, just say "Sorry, I was wrong to trust my source".
So Mort gets no free pass. He is UNETHICAL to keep standing by his report.
That's the only angle Jason Whitlock can see. A bigger story would be "Whitlock didn't see a race issue."
Yup...though I will say, aren't you supposed to have two sources to run with anything like this? Mortensen was right to trust a high-ranking NFL official (in theory) but did he or didn't he confirm the sources info? If he did then who was source number 2, if he didn't then shame on Mort for not doing his due diligence on the biggest leak in sports in years.
And further, we can only hope that Mort is pissed at the way he was used to pump a fake story. After the Wells report was released he must have been floored. I truly get the sense that he's a good journalist and a good person, he works for a ****ty organization but I think he tries to do things the right way. He can't just out his sources, he'd be done in the business, but he has to be wondering why the F they never came back to him to correct the story. Maybe that's why he's rooting for Brady to get this wiped, and it's possible that Dennis got his 'leak' from Mort. Not likely, but it may be a bit of retribution without having to say it himself and ruining his career.
ESPN’s highly respected NFL reporter Chris Mortensen pulled out of a scheduled interview with Boston’s WEEI on Friday morning after he said that the radio network made “me the centerpiece of a story that his been misrepresented far beyond anything I did in the first 48 hours.”
Mortensen was the writer of the infamous report, written the Wednesday after the AFC championship, that said an NFL investigation found that 11 of the 12 Patriots footballs were inflated 2 pounds per square inch below what’s required by NFL regulation. The Wells Report later found that only one football was deflated by nearly that much, while others were just under the standard inflation level. The NFL, despite knowing that the original report was untrue, never corrected it, basically leaving Mortensen out to dry despite the fact that his report came from sources inside the league.
ESPN’s highly respected NFL reporter Chris Mortensen pulled out of a scheduled interview with Boston’s WEEI on Friday morning after he said that the radio network made “me the centerpiece of a story that his been misrepresented far beyond anything I did in the first 48 hours.”
Whitlock also has a column out saying "Yes, this is totally unfair. Now you know what it feels like, rich white guys."
That feels like a position Jemele Hill would argue.Does Whitlock think black athletes aren't rich?
Does Whitlock think black athletes aren't rich?
John Dennis' "surprise reason" is the strong dislike in the league office for anything and everything Belichick. "They had nothing on Bill but to get to Bill, the best way to get to him is to take his main weapon away in Tom Brady."