suspended for reporting

[young-gun11]

So, funny thing happened on the way to a good story.
I was suspended by Bleacher Report for...reporting.

I called a friend in Oxford before the Egg Bowl to wish him luck, and while on the phone he mentioned he was confident the Rebs were naming Hugh Freeze tomorrow. So, naturally, I broke the story. In the "breaking news" category. I don't have an outlet to report to, so B/R was the obvious choice.

The article received nearly 5,000 reads before it was pulled.

I received an email.stating the article was deleted due to my not providing a hyperlink to where I read this news.

Apparently one may only break news once it has been broken. Brilliant.

I was then notified of my account being suspended until I able to abide by their rules. It seems I was personally emailed on Nov. 2 about a quote Iused and did not attribute. I guess I must mention the press conference in which I obtained the quote?

No matter, though, I wish I didn't have to use B/R, but I certainly won't be again.

 

[dixiehack]

Feel free to get to the part where you "reported" a "story."

 

[LongTimeListener]

I talked to a friend who was pretty sure Ohio State would hire Urban Meyer. SCOOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[young-gun11]

You know..that part where I released a breaking news report of Mississippi hiring a football coach tomorrow. Is there a report out there stating as much?

 

[young-gun11]

I talked to a friend who was pretty sure Ohio State would hire Urban Meyer. SCOOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If your friend had the resume at Ohio State comparative to my friends at Ole Miss, you would have a story too.

 

[RickStain]

And I bet LTL would have a place to publish it.

 

[dixiehack]

Unless your buddy is Pete Boone, and you have someone else credible backing him up on the record, you don't have a story. You have a rumor, and only a mildly interesting one at that.

I pray you aren't connected with Alabama's journalism school. If so, they should tear Reese Phifer Hall sown to the studs and start over.

 

[Versatile]

I'm just glad this isn't on the "Journalism topics only" board. Really, it belongs on "Anything Goes."

 

[LongTimeListener]

The good thing about this one is you will be proven right within 24 hours. So make sure to come back and crow about it tomorrow, K?

 

[Johnny Dangerously]

I am reporting that young-gun11 was suspended.

 

[holy bull]

I am reporting that young-gun11 was suspended.

I hope you have a credible source to back that **** up.

 

[Diego Marquez]

I am reporting that young-gun11 was suspended.

You're suspended. You didn't include a hyperlink.

 

[Johnny Dangerously]

In all seriousness, do Bleacher Report "reporters" log on and post their own stuff without an editor seeing it? I'm trying to figure out, based on the first post on this thread, if he posted it directly or it went through an editor. If it went through an editor, was the editor "suspended" too? Or do Bleacher Report,ers, simply post at will?

 

[holy bull]

That's a valid question. It sounds like it was posted directly, based on how it was deleted for not providing a hyperlink. If that was such a crucial issue, wouldn't an editor have required that in the first place before it was ever posted? Just guessing here.

 

[Batman]

So you stole your friend's scoop (if he's another reporter), or are bragging about breaking a story where the primary source is one conversation with someone I'm assuming is not Hugh Freeze, Pete Boone, Archie Manning or anyone else on the inside of the search committee's discussions.
I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that your friend is in the know, but these kinds of stories are not written based on one phone call. If you're going to run with that, you really need to do more legwork.

And Hugh Freeze? Really? Ole Miss, as mediocre as it is, can't do better than that?