NFL offseason thread

It’s a matter of life and death, health or disease, physical well being of others to keep this source confidential. Otherwise, there’s no reason to believe him.

 

For absolutely no reason, I found this exchange funny

 

Mark Madden once made a remark on a WCW show that Bruno Sammartino was rolling over in his grave. Bruno, however was very much alive, remained so for nearly another 20 years, and threatened to sue. That’s all I have.

 

Just skip to the last six words of your post. There's no reason to believe him. Madden is a fraud. He's a pro wrestling heel commentator who somehow gets legitimate media jobs.

 

What was his reputation like as a wrestling announcer? That always seemed to be a better fit for his talents.

 

I'm sure some will see this as people in Pittsburgh liking Watt and despising Madden. Both of those things are true, but I also trust Dunlap and Kaboly a hell of a lot more than I trust Madden.

 

About as high as his rep as a reporter. And that says a lot.

 

That figures.

 

Order of trust when it comes to sourcing: Print Beat Guy/ESPN/Glazer, then national sports radio talk host, local sports talk radio host, then Rob Lowe, then local TV sports guy.

 

....then random guy at a bar, random drunk at a bar, sports agents, trolls on the team's message board, then maybe Madden. I'm probably forgetting a few people that should be ahead of Madden. Maybe random third graders at the local elementary school. I'd trust him ahead of a dead person. Maybe.

 

Anyone ever "stand by your reporting" on something that didn't pan out by rationalizing that you reported that a source said that X was going to happen, rather than simply X was going to happen? Also - I have no problem outing sources who are wrong (particularly if they had ulterior motives in pushing a story). I realize this will disqualify me from ever working in national politics (where reporters go back to bad wells repeatedly to drink tainted water).

 

TMZ

the one source to rule them all