June 11, 2008
Washington DC
The Federal Investigators involved in the Mitchell Report gave "deals" through plea bargain to criminals in exchange for their cooperation, which contrasts the Department of Justice's objective of "prosecuting manufacturers, suppliers, and distributors; and not the players" (p. 340, Mitchell Report) and instead of prosecuting the criminals the investigators found themselves working with them.
On Page 215 George Mitchell claimed McNamee was "possibly a sub distributor." If he was only "possibly a sub distributor" then what crime was he so guilty of that he was offered immunity? Considering that a court in California issued the immunity it must have been for a crime associated with California, like Balco.
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Chris Pennant about 1 year ago
I just wasted 25 minutes of my life trying to edit this, so I'm almost glad my computer wasted it. You can't fairly criticize respected journalists in such a repetitive, illogical, and badly self-edited article, man. Please do better next time.
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Patrick SJ Read about 1 year ago
Did you have a specific point of interest, or you just didn't agree with the report? Who are the so-called respected journalist? Are they the same ones who never provide any research, or hard fact when writing stories? They use un-named sources for Petes sake. That type reporting has set a bad precedence for the criminal elements of all sports. Criminals turned accusers are walking scott free while their inflammatory allegations ruin the sport. DO I have to name them all for you too? As you can see I offer all my research, and hardly require your edits. Thanks for your honest attempt though, do better next time.
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Millard Baker about 1 year ago
The use of un-named sources is common practice in investigative journalism. Good journalism involves additional measure to independently verify sources (unnamed or otherwise).
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Patrick SJ Read about 1 year ago
Some, like those at the Boston Herald, have sworn off using un-named sources altogether. This article was to illustrate how often the "un-named source" has gotten it wrong for the NY Daily News regarding Clemens, and the fact that they still use one despite their being wrong. It used to be common place for Editors to fact check a report to verify accuracy. Given the Daily News lately (Blair, Kelley, McCready, Bagwell) I guess fact checking has now become "optional," which of course is bad journalism. It shoudl be pointed out that Lupica is a columnist, and can write whatever he wants to write. At the same time, even columnist are held to standards of credibility. THis was to point out his bias.
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Chris Pennant about 1 year ago
Okay Pat, I can see where you're coming from; the fact that Lupica and the Daily News used a plethora of anonymous sources does shake the foundation of their story. You are right that ballplayers aren't paid to be saints, just to play the game. Like most of us who are familiar with the case, you are correct in saying that Brian McNamee is not a person of good character.
What I'm upset about is that you kept repeating the same point over and over. You criticized the Daily News and Mike Lupica (who, no matter what is current actions are, is a longstanding and respected sports journalist) in an article that no editor would have considered running after even a second draft. Your point came across, but it was in a berating and "hammer-over-the-head" manner. It's just not the way to write; you can't spotlight someone's inaccuracies and faults and then not take care of your own.
It took me about 30 minutes to read through the whole article and correct the content and grammar errors along the way. I was upset when my computer erased it, but I was not going to take the time to do everything over. It just wasn't worth. You have a valid point, man: if the Daily News is being biased and unfair toward Roger Clemens, write about it. If they are not abiding by journalistic standards, then definitely write about it. Just clean it up before you send it to the press.
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Patrick SJ Read about 1 year ago
Chris, saying respected and sports journalist is almost an oxymoron. I am not repeating anything, rather just pointing out the many different articles that have bias in them, mostly written by Lupica in the Daily News. When I say many different articles I mean there are a lot so it takes time to mention them all through the use of embedded links. All of them are pertinent as it shows a clear bias by the Daily News in general, not just by Lupica. Finally, it is an editorial; so like Lupica I reserve the right to print my opinion, but unlike Lupica...I back my story up with showing my research. Tuche my man. Glad to meet you by the way.
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Lou Bova about 1 year ago
Seems like a pretty concise article to me, and it contains a lot off unique information. I liked it, good "joba" Patrick!
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