rebelwithoutaclue wrote:JCoz wrote:Larvell Blanks wrote:I laugh because this "Twitter" report from the LA Times reporter, based on un named sources, caught so much life. The guy didn't even mention it in Mondays LA Times, yet other outlets take it and run w/ it without verifying that it was true. Windhorst even said (Sun night/Mon morn) that if the NBA even remotely thought that there was a deal in place, this trade would have been voided, just like the Stackhouse debacle when he opened his yap.
Everything I saw on other sports outlets cited the reporters "tweet" as the source of this information. Did anyone consider calling the NBA offices to confirm that this was indeed accurate rather than announce it on the radio as definite?
Lazy reporting
This is a great example of how fast rumors can spread and how many outlets will run with it.
The radio reports I was refering to were on ESPN radio (in washington DC), and gave no credit to the source of the report.
My point was that it was crazy for Peek to be penciling in this report and how it spread as Cleveland Fan Paranioa because this was being reported by ESPN radio all over the country. It wasn't cleveland paranioa it was a major mistep by the LA times and many, many other news outlets that were reporting it as factual NBA news.
And yet if everyone would have actually stopped and given an iota of thought to it instead of just running with the report, nobody, such as yourself, would have been panicking. Whose more foolish; the fool or the fool that follows him?
This whole thing must be a HUGE case of things not coming through clearly on message boards.
First off rebel, try reading my posts. I am not panicing, I am criticising Peek for laying into anyone who read follow ups refuting the "rumor" that was reported on the radio all day.
That's not panicing about Z coming back, in fact it's an entirely different topic.
I rode in to work as per usual, I hear the normal sports scores and news, included was that snipet about the league having evidence that there was a prearranged deal so they will block Z from returning to the Cavs.
So apparently I'm ignorant for not immediately knowing that it was a false report, because I should have KNOWN that there was no way possible for something to have been found saying we arranged Z coming back?
Right.......Yah Peek, how fucking ignorant.
This is a first for me: Peek, take off your TCE glasses for a minute and pretend that this had nothing to do with Cleveland, or Z. Then maybe, just maybe you'll start to comprehend what I'm telling you. There was no reason to doubt, at that minute, that ESPN was falsely reporting on the issue. You must be one paranoid motherfucker if your immediate thought is to refute anything you hear on the 20 minute sports update. Lots of conspiracy and lies going on there, let me tell you what......
Off the top of my head I can't think of another instance where I heard a report in that manner (not prefaced by "rumored" and part of the 20 min sports update) and which was later found to be a complete and total 100% fabrication. Don't get me wrong, lots of stuff reported ends up not being true, but those reports are presented in another fashion entirely. Key words in those reports are Allegedly or Rumored.
My first thought was that I wondered how they screwed it up....it's funny to me how people keep mentioning Stackhouse...he was a moron and let it slip in an interview before the trade, making it easy for the NBA to have proof and block the trade. Why ANYONE would relate that and this scenario is beyond me, because if Stackhouse had shut the fuck up, no one would have been the wiser.
I read people stating that if the league had evidence it would have blocked the trade to begin with.........right......as if
evidence, IF it is going to appear or be discovered,
always does so at the same time....which apparently is always BEFORE NBA trades.
Peek, you've got your head in your ass on this one. Clearly the rumor was both bogus AND fasley reported as news.
Like it would have been that out of this world? Everyone in the world assumed he would be back in 30, it really isn't that inconcievable that someone slipped or that the Cavs had in fact prearranged the deal. It's perfectly realistic actually. If there was one more thing you could have taken away from the Stackhouse mess it was that teams obviously have had pre arranged deals in the past.
I would expect that less than .5% of people who heard that report nationwide doubted that it was a real news story.
"I won’t tell you exactly what it’s about, but this is typical of what might happen,'' he said. "I said, ‘Tom, do you want to do this?’ He said, ‘I don’t think I do. I think it’s too much or too strong or whatever.’ I said, ‘well, we might have to.’ And he goes, ‘well, if we have to, then you’ve got to tell me, because I won’t do it.’ And I said, ‘OK, then I might have to tell you. Fine.'''
Our fearless leader in the Draft War Room getting his hands dirty.
Yay for us.
