Mike Florio's hissy fit

[MisterCreosote]

Synopsis: Philadelphia Eagles guard Evan Mathis tweeted a fake $64,000 restaurant receipt with the cutline "Teaching the rookies a lesson." It was a hoax meant to **** with the media.

Florio then started bitching about how no one should ever listen to Mathis again because he's a lying poopyhead, and it's no different than a reporter shining a laser pointer in a player's eyes right before a snap. :

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/06/13/evan-mathis-strikes-again/

 

[JackReacher]

Who gives a **** what Mike Florio thinks about anything?

 

[MisterCreosote]

Well, he obviously takes himself very, very seriously. NFL players' dinner tabs are no laughing matter.

 

[nubyjas_wilborn]

I don't see what's so hard about saying, Mathis baited us, we fell for it, without fact checking it. A simple call to the restaurant would've done the trick...

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

By that logic, no one should take Florio seriously again since he reported Terry Bradshaw was dead.

 

[da man]

By that logic, no one should take Florio seriously again since he reported Terry Bradshaw was dead.

I don't know, I think Florio was right about that. I mean, have you seen the Fox pregame show lately?

 

[steveu]

Now come on. Bradshaw's not dead. He can't SING, but he's not dead.

 

[LongTimeListener]

Mike Florio being boxed into admitting he was wrong is almost as entertaining as oop being boxed into admitting he was wrong.

 

[JC]

I know for sure one of those has never happened.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Dumb question: How do we know it was a hoax? Is it possible that with the NFL placing an emphasis on no bullying/hazing in the locker room, that he tweeted this out, got backlash for it and then said it was a prank?

If it actually happened? So what? If it was a prank, points to Mathis. Even if you're an Eagles' beat writer, this is a note or a very short story (unless you pursue the rookies being hazed angle, which is a reach, IMO...) and then another note to clarify the next day... BFD...

 

[DanOregon]

You use tweets or Facebook as a source, you deserve to get burned.

 

[PeterGibbons]

You use tweets or Facebook as a source, you deserve to get burned.

Exactly!

 

[DeskMonkey1]

Florio lost his credibility with me when he reported Harbaugh had been traded to the Browns, a 49er beat writer denied it, Florio pitched a fit and called said beat writer a fool, only to have Jed York tweet out emphatically that the report was false.

 

[Gator]

"Regardless of what any players or fans think of the media, the media has a job to do, just like everyone else."

As far as I can tell, nobody stopped Florio from doing his job. He just didn't do it very well.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I like Florio and I've enjoyed his site over the years...

He does not have any credibility as a reporter. He never has.

Before it was purchased by NBC, PFT was a good rumor/league gossip site. There was a lot of good stuff there and a ton of bad stuff. It had an edge to it and it was a fun read, especially if you covered the NFL.

People started treating it as more than that. When NBC bought it, the edge was gone.

 

[PaperClip529]

Florio lost his credibility with me when he reported Harbaugh had been traded to the Browns, a 49er beat writer denied it, Florio pitched a fit and called said beat writer a fool, only to have Jed York tweet out emphatically that the report was false.

Eh. York later backtracked his comments after Haslam and the Browns confirmed that there had been talks.

 

[LongTimeListener]

Also, Florio's credibility was gone years before that.

 

[da man]

Also, Florio's credibility was gone years before that.

When was it ever there?

 

[3_Octave_Fart]

Calcaterra is a bigger troll than Florio.

 

[outofplace]

I know for sure one of those has never happened.

Wrong again, JC. You do make a habit of it.

Speaking of trolls. Hello LTL!