Irresponsible reporting in the Pitt coaching job?

zagoshe · Jan 12, 2011

shockey said:

imho, print journos are held to a much higher standard in terms of 'taking a shot' at breaking news than the tv/radio guys are. print journos are encouraged to be right; electronic 'journos' are encouraged to throw whatever they hear against the wall and hope it sticks.

of course, schad is very good, as is schefter, mort, glazer, et al. but they also (understandably, i suppose) tweet and blog and all that nonsense 24/7 to cover their asses. when they're right, we're reminded ad nauseam. when they're wrong it's treated like it never happened.

none of this is particularly new. viewers and readers make up their own minds on who to believe and who to roll their eyes out. unless it's a libelous matter of some sort, do you really expect them or even lesser known local guys to be publicly spanked when they're wrong?

of course not. if it happens often enough they'll inevitably have to pay a price..
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My problem with Schad is he rarely has insider info as he mostly just "reports" shit that is already out there and runs with rumors too much.

btm · Jan 13, 2011

shockey said:

imho, print journos are held to a much higher standard in terms of 'taking a shot' at breaking news than the tv/radio guys are. print journos are encouraged to be right; electronic 'journos' are encouraged to throw whatever they hear against the wall and hope it sticks.

of course, schad is very good, as is schefter, mort, glazer, et al. but they also (understandably, i suppose) tweet and blog and all that nonsense 24/7 to cover their asses. when they're right, we're reminded ad nauseam. when they're wrong it's treated like it never happened.

none of this is particularly new. viewers and readers make up their own minds on who to believe and who to roll their eyes out. unless it's a libelous matter of some sort, do you really expect them or even lesser known local guys to be publicly spanked when they're wrong?

of course not. if it happens often enough they'll inevitably have to pay a price..
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Couldn't agree more, it's the good old 24/7 news cycle. I haven't heard too much around Pittsburgh about this guy being wrong.

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