Pittsburgh Trib debacle

[Dude]

Kevin Gorman of the Trib is on a local Sunday night round-table sports show now. They asked him what happened with the Grimm story and he claimed the Steelers changed their minds and did a 180 in one day and offered the job to Tomlin.

So basically the Trib is throwing the Steelers under the bus on this.

 

[WordMP]

I don't think the Rooneys have a history of changing their minds.

 

[Write-brained]

It'll be interesting to see how the paper addresses it tomorrow.

By the way, here's a blog (gasp) that summarizes the events pretty well: http://thepojodojo.blogspot.com/2007/01/steeler-saga-continues-chris-mortenson.html

 

[Write-brained]

As far as who's head rolls, it really depends. The reporter is definitely in hot water, unless he can prove that the team really changed its mind. Editor's have a bit more cushion. They can always just blame it on the reporter, even though he was probably whipping the reporter for a story. Editors seem to get away with that more often than not.

 

[cougargirl]

Kevin Gorman of the Trib is on a local Sunday night round-table sports show now. They asked him what happened with the Grimm story and he claimed the Steelers changed their minds and did a 180 in one day and offered the job to Tomlin.

So basically the Trib is throwing the Steelers under the bus on this.

I'm not buying Gorman's company line.

For some more insight, check this one out:

http://www.voy.com/158430/

 

[Dude]

Kevin Gorman of the Trib is on a local Sunday night round-table sports show now. They asked him what happened with the Grimm story and he claimed the Steelers changed their minds and did a 180 in one day and offered the job to Tomlin.

So basically the Trib is throwing the Steelers under the bus on this.

I'm not buying Gorman's company line.

For some more insight, check this one out:

http://www.voy.com/158430/

Interestingly enough, after Gorman gave the explanation, the host asked him, "So that's what happened?"

Gorman, "That's what I was told."

Not word-for-word. But I'm paraphrasing.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

Bet my car against yours that nothing happens within that department.

 

[Dude]

I'd be surprised too if something happened. The publisher doesn't give a fork about sports.

 

[linotype]

If I know deck Scaife and the Pgh Trib, I'm sure this will all be blamed on Bill Clinton.

Seriously, I would bet a testicle that nothing happens. I'm with BYM.

 

[cougargirl]

I wouldn't be surprised if nothing happened - heck, I've seen similar situations on a smaller scale play out in that nothing happens to the reporter. However, I'd go into hiding for a few days had it been my byline on that kind of story.

 

[write then drink]

I wouldn't be surprised if nothing happened - heck, I've seen similar situations on a smaller scale play out in that nothing happens to the reporter. However, I'd go into hiding for a few days had it been my byline on that kind of story.

i wouldn't. then you're a weasel.

you show up at the next event in town, penguins game, pitt hoops - i don't care what it is - and take it like a man

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

You could argue that things are now even at the Pittsburgh newspapers, considering how Chuck Finder and the P-G mishandled the Rich Rodriguez to Alabama story. To Finder's credit however, half of the people covering that story had Rich going to Bama.