>From reading the ESPN story the anonymous sources were part of the Tampa Bay >organization. My take is that the Bucs want to start planning their future and >they don’t want to be stuck in a holding pattern waiting for Brady to announce >his retirement. In their post-season discussion they asked Brady to announce >the retirement. He wasn’t planning to announce, whether it was to get maximum >attention after the Super Bowl, or if he really was planning on coming back. >So some front office people talked to ESPN in order to force his hand. If he >decides he does want to continue playing it will have to be with another team.
> On Jan 29, 2022, at 6:24 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > We are seeing an interesting case study in journalism today on a high > profile but low stakes story. ESPN, citing anonymous sources, reported that > Tom Brady is retiring, and multiple outlets picked it up and ran with it. The > AP is now reporting that Brady has called the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to say he > is far from making up his mind. I have seen a Tweet where an ESPN reporter > says Brady is retiring, but has not made up his mind about when to announce. > > It looks like Brady is retiring, and someone close to him spilled the beans > too soon, and now they are trying to put the toothpaste back in the tube so > Brady can make his own dramatic announcement. > > It’s not really a big deal either way, but it illustrates the danger of > basing big stories on anonymous sources. ESPN did use the plural, so I assume > there was more than one. I think there is a place for anonymous sourcing, but > in the days when news organizations cared about their credibility and > reputation for accuracy, they would have probably waited longer, not quicker > to report if relying on anonymous sources to get additional confirmation. > > > https://apnews.com/article/tom-brady-retirement-reports-8ec48cdfdcc5f0dd4650b0572dd15252 > > > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJFR49_attJ1BLHynYy%2BiWLkc71%3Dvtac08-0RaWvZs8Tg%40mail.gmail.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/E721F548-21EA-417A-AF79-02453ECBC22D%40gmail.com.
