[confederatecarpetbag]

What a maroon. For a story this big, you don't trust text messages. You pick up a phone and call the agent. Or the player. Or the Patriots. You don't assume a random text is true. This is Journalism 101.

This is symptomatic of the media's frenzy to be first, instead of being accurate.

[luvbach1]

If Brady wasn’t the biggest star on the Patriots, his threat would poison the waters between him and management. As it is it might roil the waters.

[Mears]

” This is Journalism 101. “

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It’s more than that,it’s Living in the 21st Century 101.

We are all vulnerable to all sorts of scams.

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[Alberta's Child]

He wasn't stupid, and this wasn't a "frenzy."

The story I heard was that he claimed to have independent corroboration about the legitimacy of the source.

[rlmorel]

That guy Borges is a dick, and a creepy one at that. Good.

[kickstart]

Ron Borges columns have regularly been critical of the Patriots organization. He wanted to be in first with the hit.

[raccoonradio]

He may have had voice conversations with the “agent” but supposedly they texted each other via phone...

Being first, instead of being accurate.

1988: Media satirists Negativland cancel tour after realizing it would lose money. One member contacts media to say that one of their songs may have inspired a Minn. teen to kill his family (that part was true; David Brom). Media like KPIX in SF pounced on the story, and the band said “federal authorities told us to cancel the tour” and stay home. “Murder and music...KILLER SONG”—and media too lazy to check out stories further.

[raccoonradio]

He may have had voice conversations with the “agent” but supposedly they texted each other via phone...

Being first, instead of being accurate.

1988: Media satirists Negativland cancel tour after realizing it would lose money. One member contacts media to say that one of their songs may have inspired a Minn. teen to kill his family (that part was true; David Brom). Media like KPIX in SF pounced on the story, and the band said “federal authorities told us to cancel the tour” and stay home. “Murder and music...KILLER SONG”—and media too lazy to check out stories further.

[Captain Peter Blood]

What happened to any kind of verification? I like the Ben Bradlee rule, three sources of confirmation. I don’t any news outlet today has any journalistic standards, they don’t even know the basics.

He could have called the Patriots or Tom Brady.

[God luvs America]

ironic the article never mentions the agency which represents Brady and Garppolo are one and the same...

[trisham]

Borges is a scum-sucking swine.

[Baldwin]

This reporter gets suspended for getting scammed, but Adam Schiffhead rolls along like nothing ever happened.

[Rebelbase]

“This is Journalism 101”

What passes for Journalism today is spellcheck and social media.