Sports reporter puts out inaccurate Covid closure info

[Readallover]

Star-Ledger sportswriter sets off firestorm rumor after fake school closure report - New Jersey Globe

 

[Mr. X]

Star-Ledger sportswriter sets off firestorm rumor after fake school closure report - New Jersey Globe

What effect will this have on the reporter's career?

 

[HanSenSE]

So, you're saying he should have stuck to sports?

 

[Readallover]

Accuracy in all reporting should be the standard. Sports writers have been become hard news reporters during Covid-19. Politi has written political columns during the pandemic.

 

[Situation]

What effect will this have on the reporter's career?

If he's lucky, he'll be fired and catch on at Amazon delivering packages for more $$$$.

 

[Oggiedoggie]

What effect will this have on the reporter's career?

He’s a freelancer, so they don’t have to fire him.

 

[Webster]

Good to see that the Bridgegate rat has a new site.

 

[Cybersport2015]

End of career.........

 

[Danwriter]

True, all, but curious to see what happens on Nov. 23. NYC is on the brink of closing its schools.

New York City Is Poised to Close Schools

He may indeed have a very reliable source who can see over the horizon. But that should have been run by a news desk. Underscores the shaky infrastructure of Twitter/social media-in-general as news vehicles.

 

[Mr. X]

End of career.........

Maybe not. He had this story on NJ.com Thursday. How COVID-19 pandemic brought ex-Seton Hall star Adrian Griffin closer to his son, Duke recruit A.J. Griffin

 

[Cybersport2015]

I'd have fired him. For not verifying the information was true/accurate and running it by an editor,

 

[Mr. X]

I'd have fired him. For not verifying the information was true/accurate and running it by an editor,

How often do reporters run tweets by editors, especially free-lancers?

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

A freelancer and a staff reporter are quite different critters. Says a lot about who's pushing the story into prominence.

 

[ChadFelter]

Just so you all know, this is the person that runs the "New Jersey Globe" website that wrote the article at the start of this thread. Not exactly the most credible reporter out there. David Wildstein - Wikipedia