PFT:Martz’s 2008 statement hasn’t changed

[thenepatsrule]

In the ESPN story, Martz explained that he provided a statement regarding suspected cheating prior to Super Bowl XXXVI, between St. Louis and New England. He then was shown the statement. And Martz said he didn’t recognize it.

“It shocked me,” Martz told ESPN. “It appears embellished quite a bit — some lines I know I didn’t write. Who changed it? I don’t know.”

But the Martz statement posted Tuesday by ESPN.com is identical to the statement he issued in May 2008. The full text was copied and pasted from an article by Mike Reiss (then of the Boston Globe; the link to his story is now dead) to the website PatsFan.com, and portions of it appeared in a May 2008 story from the Associated Press.

Tuesday’s story from ESPN didn’t mention this fairly important fact, which tends to undercut the notion that someone harvested Martz’s statement, made changes unbeknownst to him, and then keep those changes from him for more than seven years. If anyone changed Martz’s statement, he had a full and fair opportunity to see the final product in print, to notice that there were “some lines I know I didn’t write,” and to deal with it at the time.

Even if he chose at the time to let it go because, for example, he hoped to get another head-coaching job in the NFL and didn’t want to make waves, he shouldn’t be currently “shocked” by the realization that words were put in his mouth. That should be old news.

And ESPN should have provided more details about the situation in its story, instead of creating the impression that someone from the NFL surreptitiously changed Martz’s words in order to stave off a Congressional investigation. In a story that already stretched beyond 10,000 words, a paragraph explaining that: (1) Martz’s statement was published in 2008; (2) the text of it hasn’t changed since; and (3) Martz never said “boo” about it at any time since the statement was published would have been a simple addition.
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Maybe ESPN will make the change now. Right after it changes the story that 11 of 12 Patriots footballs were two pounds under the 12.5 PSI minimum.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/09/08/martzs-2008-statement-hasnt-changed/

I am shocked.....

 

[Fencer]

Note where PFT says it found the correct information, spelling error and all.

But the Martz statement posted Tuesday by ESPN.com is identical to the statement he issued in May 2008. The full text was copied and pasted from an article by Mike Reiss (then of the Boston Globe; the link to his story is now dead) to the website PatsFan.com, and portions of it appeared in a May 2008 story from the Associated Press.

 

[thenepatsrule]

Note where PFT says it found the correct information, spelling error and all.

Nice catch, somehow i missed that

 

[fumbrunner]

seriously, at this point you have to fact check every ESPN article. Journalist integrity indeed.

 

[Halifax_Pats_Fan]

This site has been in the media a bit lately....love it!!

 

[Rob0729]

Note where PFT says it found the correct information, spelling error and all.

Yeah, I saw that. Was going to start my own thread until I saw this one. People suspects he reads this board. I guess now we have proof.

 

[FalconHeavy]

So we know where Florio is getting his info from

 

[Bella*chick]

Honestly though, it's smart of him to read a board like this. The anti-Pats people have plenty of representation elsewhere. A place like this really has some smart people and excellent points.

 

[Hammer of Thor]

Has anyone ever seen Mike Florio and dikembe on this site at the same time??????

 

[thenepatsrule]

Florio in his last radio show had Ben Volin as a guest and asked him to answer a simple question.
"When did taping a signal become illegal?" Ben said "Sept 07".... Not sure why the idiot haters dont get this fact

 

[Patsfanin Philly]

Honestly though, it's smart of him to read a board like this. The anti-Pats people have plenty of representation elsewhere. A place like this really has some smart people and excellent points.

If not him reading it, having board members feeding him the stories......
I'll plead guilty on that on a few accounts...And as long he stays on our side of the line, I'll continue to do so.......