Pittsburgh Trib debacle

Get your gender straight, moron. I'll bet you never make mistakes.

 

Problem is, the paper left itself no shade of gray.

Reporting a guy is signed, sealed and delivered is a lot different from reporting a guy as a leading candidate or even an imminent hire.

They put this on 1A, no?

 

The paper has replaced the AP story on Tomlin with it's own - by another reporter.

Here's an interesting paragraph: It was not immediately clear whether the Steelers rescinded an earlier offer made to Grimm or, in fact, had never extended one. A team spokesman declined to comment, and Grimm could not be reached for comment.

 

That's a good spin.

 

Just throwing this out there:

What if Grimm was the source, and something whacky really did happen?

 

The pragmatist in me says that we'll eventually find out in due time if this is the case.

 

man, unless that source is up at the very top, you have to cover your butt

the story is gone, but Mike wrote it as an absolute. there was no ... "assuming the contracts get signed" or "barring a last-minute snag," or anything. no wiggle room at all

tough one for Mike, who I like. I know how he feels right now

 

Aside from the gender mixup, I agree with WTD on this. If you write something that turns out to be either wrong or a big mayhem in some way, you suck it up and show up the next day. Otherwise, it just looks like you admit defeat and are trying to not deal with the fallout. The reporter's got to stand up tall, walk in the room/game/locale and take it like a man or woman, which ever gender they may be.

 

right. why don't they just shoot the reporter? how dare he make a mistake.

if the steelers intentionally screwed him, it's probably because he's not a lapdog.

 

Which begs the question. Did the Steelers give him the info, or who did? That's the $64,000 question, which will never be answered.

 

SInce it's Prisuta, my guess is George Perles.

 

I really doubt anyone loses their job over this, even at a respectable paper ... as long as he didn't make up a source or anything ... this crap happens. The editor should know the source and made the call. It really is a big screw up, one that could have been avoided, but it's not a fireable offense unless something unethical occurred.