Classic Example of 'Fake News" and 'Pseudo-News."
Imagine if I asserted, "I have unnamed sources who say Josh Alper wears women's undergarments."
You would justifiably ask, "Who are they?" " Have they seen this?" "Do they have any evidence that this is the case?" "Are they reliable?"
The only way you, as a consumer of this information, should put any credence into such an assertion is if I provided evidence or if I were to name the sources. Then you as the consumer of the information could make an educated evaluation whether my assertion would be correct, or whether I was blowing something out my ass.
Most sports reporters are lazy asses who don't want to put the time in to watch tape (game and practice) and report and analyze what is happening between the lines. They would rather muck-rake and cast negative aspersions. They would rather print drivel (sorry DrNSD) which casts someone or an organization in a negative light. Don Henley's "Dirty Laundry" is a great song. Regrettably, this practice seems to be the case irrespective of the venue or issue, politics, sports, world affairs.
I am too cheap to subscribe to MdGinn's new on-line service, but when he was with the Journal, I always respected the thoroughness of his reporting and analysis. Although I disagreed with a number of his opinions, at least he had 'earned the right' for me to read and consider his opinions because he had done the homework.
Alas
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