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somebody paid for the wells report, too
That actually shows that none of these guys read the content of the report but decide to accept it or reject it based on the messenger not the message.Someone paid for it - these things aren't done out of the kindness of hearts. But it's more likely it was Brady and team than Kraft; Brady has something material to gain out of this (4 games is no small dent in his wallet), while Kraft does not.
I'm willing to accept some inaccuracy from Joe Schmo, twitter mope, but this guy is supposed to be a journalist. And don't you get the feeling there was vindictiveness behind it. A desire to cast doubt on the veracity of a report that exonerates the Pats 'cause it doesn't fit with his narrative.This is one of the biggest problems with Twitter. I used to enjoy the speed of information, but speed has taken precedent over accuracy, which is unfortunate.
I moved away from new england long ago, although I guess I could still frequent their websites, but if some paper is ripping the local team why would you buy it, read it, or link it?
I used to read the sun-times here in chicago a bit, mostly for sports, and they hired this guy, jay mariotti.
he's one of these guys who makes a living off everybody else's name who actually put work in and became successful.
he make it a point to put, say, michael jordan's name in his column and then rip the guy because he's famous, and I guess considered kind of a local sacred cow, so it stirs up all this controversy.
I quit buying that paper.
I'm sure they didn't miss my spare change, but the point is people need to vote with their feet.
every election I hear everybody come out of the woodwork to trumpet the importance of voting, etc, but can't be bothered to do it on a day to day basis.
people only get fired when they don't get hits or views and their paper doesn't sell
who are the 39k people following volin on twitter?
They failed to do so, which means that the evidence in turn fails, in the opinion of AEI, PFT, and plenty of others, to satisfy the “more probable than not” standard.
Sure. I wasn't saying it was problematic, just that it was paid for.
Someone paid for it - these things aren't done out of the kindness of hearts. But it's more likely it was Brady and team than Kraft; Brady has something material to gain out of this (4 games is no small dent in his wallet), while Kraft does not.
This is one of the biggest problems with Twitter. I used to enjoy the speed of information, but speed has taken precedent over accuracy, which is unfortunate.
Thanks, Rob. I was off in conspiracy land on who actually paid for this.Not true. AEI is a think tank. They get grant money and they just can explore whatever the heck they want.
Here is a link to the interview with Steve Veuger (one of the authors of the AEI report) by Adam Jones. At the 5:15 mark, Veuger says that they basically did based on lunch conversations and debates between his colleagues at AEI.
http://boston.cbslocal.com/audio/the-adam-jones-show/
The Globe used to have the best sports section in the country. Colin is such a hack.I'm fairly confident every member on this forum would make a better beat writer than Ben Volin. I disagree with a lot of people on here but at least I have the sense that he or she would have the work ethic to do more than a 2 second Google search before looking like a complete buffoon on the Internet. The fact that the globe employes this pathetic excuse use for a beat writer should tell you all you need to know about that has been, worthless trash publication
Jones is such a jerk, it killed him that the Pats are innocent. Being a dink who doesn't understand science or statistics he wanted to get the AEI guy to argue about text messages. He couldn't grasp the idea that if the balls behaved the way the science predicted, there was by definition no tampering and everything about text mugs and cooperation was noise that doesn't matter.
Jones is such a jerk, it killed him that the Pats are innocent. Being a dink who doesn't understand science or statistics he wanted to get the AEI guy to argue about text messages. He couldn't grasp the idea that if the balls behaved the way the science predicted, there was by definition no tampering and everything about text mugs and cooperation was noise that doesn't matter.
The azzbackwards reporter does, after he reported, what he should have done before he reported. Off with his head! What's that? You can't find it???From his Twitter capture:
Yeah, he really does look like he sucks at his job, which is why I stopped reading his drivel a long time ago, I tried giving him a chance, but he proved himself to not warrant such a chance.I'm fairly confident every member on this forum would make a better beat writer than Ben Volin. I disagree with a lot of people on here but at least I have the sense that he or she would have the work ethic to do more than a 2 second Google search before looking like a complete buffoon on the Internet. The fact that the globe employes this pathetic excuse use for a beat writer should tell you all you need to know about that has been, worthless trash publication