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Fox News did the same this morning.
They tried to blame the police
They tried to portray T.O. as a liar
The bottom line is they took a story and ran with it without full knowledge
Fox News did the same this morning.
Dan Le Ba ripping into Wingo.
Nice.
This is ing classic.
Wingo trying to fight back.
I'm missing everything. What's going on?
if the police report said he tried to kill himself the media has every right to ran with the story
Le Ba said that no matter what T.O. says, ESPN will go back to the police report and essentially believe that over what T.O. says.
He made a point in saying that T.O. tells the truth and it hurts him a lot of times, so he'd believe whatever T.O. said at this press conference.
Called ESPN out on their coverage of the hamstring injury and how this is going the same route.
Wingo's only comeback could be that Le Ba used the words "T.O.'s version."
I loved it.
And I don't disagree with you. You source the information and allow your listeners/readers to decide. What you also need to do, though, is go to every length to get all sides/sources of the story.
No, they didn't. Like Dan Le Ba said, "police reports aren't facts."
ESPN keeps trying to act like the Dallas Police reported this story, but ESPN actually reported on a stolen do ent.
BUSTED.
True. They're not facts, but they're generally accepted as credible information with the information able to be sourced.
But when I say "credible," realize this is the Dallas Police Department and they've had their issues with credibilities and the Cowboys. Not to say that the Cowboys haven't had their own issues.
In their "defense," WFAA reported that.
ESPN has been sourcing WFAA all morning.
If they want to report on it fine, but ESPN was treating it as fact and expounding upon that fact. They are trying to pretend like that report was meant to come out as well - like the police issued a statement. They didn't. ESPN dug it up.
ESPN is completely irresponsible.
Damn....Wingo interrupting John Clayton too....easy bro!
That's just as irresponsible. You can't keep pointing to other sources when you're the one that repeatedly breaks the stories.
I'm not just talking about this story.
No they didn't. For someone high on the facts, you should first get yours right.
Eh, I didn't hear ESPN after the live airing of the DPD PIO's statement, but on the replays, they said DPD was neither confirming or denying.
ESPN isn't without blame because they have kept it going (especially bringing it in about Philly and SF "possibly" asking him about his mental health), but the first stories about suicide (if I read them correctly), were from WFAA and added upon by the Associated Press (which would lead me to believe the Star-Telegram and the DMN).
I am glad that ESPN at least has their only credible journalist on this (Bob Ley).
On that note, I would like to talk about the story Boutons posted from the Washington Post.
How do you byline a story that is built solely on other agencies reports? That story sourced WFAA and the AP.
I doubt the WP had a reporter in Dallas and if they did, they failed to use a dateline.
If that woman who called the police is on the 911 tapes saying TO took 35 pills and was taking two more and she was trying to make him throw up... well...
I've been watching ESPN since 8:00 am this morning. I know ESPN didn't actually dig it up. It was shorthand as I was quickly replying.
Boutons frequently posts articles from the Washington Post without thinking about it. Don't worry about it.
I don't GAF about Boutons.
I do GAF about a paper I consider respected and something within the industry that I believe is a problem in journalism.
He more than likely tried to kill himself. More than likely was called his publicist as a last ditch effort/cry for help. She gets there he's still taking them then see calls the police.
Of course they're now going to try and spin this so it doesn't hurt his image. His PR people, his agent, and his team will spin this.
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