[CBFF] CBFF Blog: You know the end is near when...

[Jim Ferolie]

That call is really up to the editor. Which does not say very good things 
about the Trib's sports desk. This whole thing is very, very thin. "One 
league source said Houston is considering DePaul"... really, what does that 
mean? That they haven't ruled out every personnel director who's on his way 
up? Duh.

This is not getting off-the-record info and using a site to back your claim 
up. This is, "Oh, crap, profootballtalk.com thinks he's leaving, so we 
better call and see if there's the slightest chance he's on someone's first 
list!" And that is why they HAVE to credit the site. But they don't have to 
run a story, and they probably shouldn't. That's just sad.

By the way, what is a national Web site? Are there some that can only be 
accessed from the same town?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Shannon" <tshanno at gmail.com>


> Comments
> I could not agree more. I sent the following email to Mr. Johnson shortly
> after reading this story:

What I do have a problem with is crediting a source with
> breaking the story which does not come up to your own high journalistic
> standards and that of your peers. This appears to give the site a 
> legitimacy
> which it by no means has been proven to deserve