This opens up the rumors again: Thanks Myron.
http://www.startribune.com/sports/g...8cyaiUjc8LDyiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiU
http://www.startribune.com/sports/g...8cyaiUjc8LDyiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiU
This opens up the rumors again: Thanks Myron.
http://www.startribune.com/sports/g...8cyaiUjc8LDyiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiU
The problem is that Myron has continuously used non-existent sources, just like his Westbrook transfer story last March. He just makes stuff up.
That's because Johnny is pretty close to the program; usually offering insider information.I learn more from Johnny Gopher.
take it easy folks.
Then Myron ... just starts inventing sources ... I could have written the same article, and the closest I get to Tubby Smith is when he wanders near the student section after games.
I suspect you know better than that. Reporters attribute statements to "people close to the program" or other un-named sources frequently -- in sports, politics, business, etc. Doesn't mean the source is necessarily fictitious ... the source may have refused to go public or or that it may be pieced together from some/many different sources. And it may be manufactured. The reader is free to conclude as (s)he wishes.If he had a source he would name him or her.
I suspect you know better than that. Reporters attribute statements to "people close to the program" or other un-named sources frequently -- in sports, politics, business, etc. Doesn't mean the source is fictitious but might mean either that the source refused to go public or that it was a manufactured quote or that it was pieced together from many different sources. But to state without equivocation -- as you did -- that the source was invented is wrong to do. And apparently pure speculation on your part.
“We resist granting sources anonymity except as a last resort to obtain information that we believe to be newsworthy and reliable.” The policy requires that at least one editor know the identity of every source. Anonymous sources cannot be used when on-the-record sources are readily available. They must have direct knowledge of the information they are imparting; they cannot use the cloak of anonymity for personal or partisan attack; they cannot be used for trivial comment or to make an unremarkable comment seem more important than it is.
That's what an editor is s'posed to do. While I know the Strib is a shadow of its former self, this goes to the heart of journalism. If Myron is manufacturing sources, I'm confident he'd that his editor(s) are testing whether there are sources or not and if there aren't any, Myron would be out on his ear.Snowman is right, but I wonder how common it is for reporters to do that? Heck, you could make a whole career out of it and nobody could prove you wrong.