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The network airs an apology while America sleeps<\/em><\/p>\n

With the news of the Deflate-gate saga airing constantly on every news and sports show, ESPN has been consistently airing erroneous and libelous information for the past several weeks. The network has been reporting that \u201cthe Patriots taped the Rams walk-thru prior to Super Bowl XXXVI.\u201d<\/p>\n

This lie has been around since the Spygate story broke in 2007 by John Tomase of the Boston Herald reported it. It was proved to be false back then, Tomase admitted so much but a lie repeated often enough becomes the truth\u2026especially in the highly sensitive area when it comes to the Patriots..<\/p>\n

Hannah Storm reported this on-air just last week while having a conversation with Mike Ditka. She then took to Twitter, not the airwaves to retract her statement.<\/p>\n

The network has still yet to correct the erroneous \u201cMort Report\u201d of the Patriots having 11 of their 12 footballs being over 2 PSI under the league mandate during the AFC Championship Game in January.<\/p>\n

But last night, while America slept, the network issued an apology at 12:20 a.m.<\/p>\n

Really? no crying ex-QBs on prime-time, no ex-players with axes to grind\u2026.Steve Levy at 12:20 a.m.?<\/p>\n

Is it enough? You be the judge\u2026<\/p>\n

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Follow me on Twitter\u00a0<\/em>@SteveB7SFG<\/em><\/a>\u00a0or email me at\u00a0<\/em>stevebpatsfans@gmail.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Listen to our\u00a0<\/em>Patriots 4th<\/sup>\u00a0and 2<\/em><\/a>\u00a0podcast on blog talk radio as the writers Russ Goldman, Derek Havens and I from\u00a0<\/em>PatsFans.com<\/em><\/a>\u00a0discuss the latest Patriots news Wednesdays at 12 noon.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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