Army-Notre Dame at Yankee Stadium: ESPN “Reports” Story, Credits Small Paper Six Hours After ESPN Blogger Cites It
College Football, ESPN July 18th. 2009, 3:30pm
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At 11:00 AM Friday, Graham Watson posts to her ESPN Independents blog that Army and Notre Dame will play in Yankee Stadium in 2010. She cites this report from the Times Herald-Record in Middletown, New York, which cites “multiple Army sources” and further discusses previous comments from Notre Dame AD Jack Swarbrick and Army AD Kevin Anderson. Good little story, right?
Then, around 5:00 PM yesterday, ESPN runs a Pat Forde-bylined story that says “a source close to the situation” confirmed “to ESPN.com” the plans for the 2010 game. It contains the disclaimer at the bottom that “the Associated Press contributed to this story,” the phrase “told the Associated Press,” a fancy bit of circumlocution from Notre Dame senior associate AD John Heisler, a reference to the Times Herald-Record’’s report, and ancillary quotes from ND alums Jeff Samardzija and Craig Counsell.
Forde’s article, currently on the ESPN front page in their headlines sidebar, makes no reference to Watson’s post, and it has 421 comments to the lone one on Watson’s, despite the six-hour head start.
It’s no scandal, what with ESPN often blowing up stories smaller outlets report first. But it’s certainly a curious chronology.
26 Responses to “Army-Notre Dame at Yankee Stadium: ESPN “Reports” Story, Credits Small Paper Six Hours After ESPN Blogger Cites It”
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July 18th, 2009 at 3:37 PM
Where’s Jay to blast ESPN for this? Also, ND football is so 1988.
July 18th, 2009 at 4:00 PM
Reggie Brooks > Reggie Bush
July 18th, 2009 at 4:13 PM
Herb Brooks > Reggie Brooks
July 18th, 2009 at 4:15 PM
Mel Brooks > Herb Brooks > Reggie Brooks
July 18th, 2009 at 4:17 PM
As I’ve stated before, the sense of history and tradition is so deep here, though of course nowhere near as competitive as in those early days of American football, that we’ll probably see a drop kick converted in this game too.
July 18th, 2009 at 4:19 PM
Herb Abrahams > Abraham Lincoln > Biblical Abraham > Brookings Institute > Mel Brooks > Herb Brooks > Reggie Brooks
July 18th, 2009 at 4:23 PM
I would feel really shitty if I was that blogger. That sucks some kind of bad.
July 18th, 2009 at 4:24 PM
collegefootballtalk.com was reporting that this was in the works and then S&Fs reported this a week and half ago. granted, the year was different, but that was still be discussed at the time.
July 18th, 2009 at 4:27 PM
Eat a Peach > Peaches & Herb > Herb Abrahams > Abraham Lincoln > Biblical Abraham > Brookings Institute > Mel Brooks > Herb Brooks > Reggie Brooks
July 18th, 2009 at 4:31 PM
Mel Brooks rules. History of the World still makes me laugh.
July 18th, 2009 at 4:32 PM
ESPN: The Worldwide Leader in FIRST!11!
Seriously, I know I’ve seen this before today; in the posts, ESPN sources things back to May and June. But one of their bloggers “breaks” it and this is how things proceed? Strange.
July 18th, 2009 at 4:39 PM
you would think they know how silly they look when they report the way they do. i guess they just don’t give a shit.
July 18th, 2009 at 4:42 PM
Sparty: chances you go to any of those games, even if I supply the ticket????
July 18th, 2009 at 4:43 PM
I would definitely go.
July 18th, 2009 at 4:45 PM
I am way too excited for something 15 months away. Two straight weeks of ND football in my backyard. I might have to take a week off from work just for that.
July 18th, 2009 at 4:46 PM
How dare you suggest someone do more than surface level research!
July 18th, 2009 at 4:58 PM
Duffy is on point here, but of course due to ESPN’s dominance of the air waves, they just use their clout to try to continue to potray themselves as the cutting-edge, breaking news network they were before ABC took over in the late 1990s.
It is both incriminating and noteworthy that the phrase “developing story” has become more in use on ESPN as well as in other mainstream media more than “breaking news” as of late.
I’m not sure why this is the case, but it could be a reflection that many of us see the same news wires through AP, Yahoo!, Reuters, AFP, et cetera that were once available largely only to “news bureaus” and the “financial community” for only THEIR editing for what THEY wanted us to hear. They just can’t claim as many “breaking stories” to “the people” any more when we have already scooped them in many cases.
And folks wonder why they bitch about blogs and the like …no need to wonder just fuck ‘em for their overstayed role in “reporting” I say.
Okay on with the mission.
July 18th, 2009 at 5:11 PM
are bloggers still complaining about petty shit like this? Sheesh.
July 18th, 2009 at 5:37 PM
Kevin Costner as Mr. Brooks > everything
July 18th, 2009 at 6:46 PM
younglefty, I just got to it now. I do have a life. Sometimes.
I think there’s a bigger question here: who is going to stop Notre Dame from not playing a real “road” game, except every other year against USC or Michigan? They are very close to this. First, they get their own cushy BCS rules that only apply to them. Now, all of their road games are close to being “neutral site” games against shit teams in professional sports stadiums where 90 percent of the fans in the stadium will probably be pulling for them. It’s wrong, I tell you.
July 18th, 2009 at 9:51 PM
So, just to be clear, you think espn should have mentioned that a blogger saw the story in the Albany paper or on the wire? You don’t think espn editors read the ap wire? The blogger didn’t do any reporting anyway. Espn credited the news org that broke the story and did its own reporting.
July 19th, 2009 at 12:10 AM
What is in debate, with which I agree with Andy on his core point and also with Duffy on ESPN’s right to develop the story after checking it out, is HOW ESPN gave credit where credit is due in the second report by Pat Forde. ESPN buried the credit in obscure fashion in the fine print, and for Andy, me, and certainly others at least that just does not fly and only happens due to ESPN’s monopolistic clout and continued East Coast ninnie/wus arrogance.
Okay carry on everyone.
But then again we have our mission here.
July 19th, 2009 at 12:12 AM
Jay, this is the natural result of years of fan loyalty, even when they are losing games, the likes of which you just don’t have and won’t conceivably have ever in sorry-ass Baton Rouge. Keep dreamin’ on down there with your batch of loser fair-weather Tiger/Bayou Bengal fans.
July 19th, 2009 at 12:04 PM
So basically they are an SEC team now?
July 19th, 2009 at 12:08 PM
You have to be out of your freaking mind.
No SEC team doesn’t play a real road game. And only has to beat a bunch of service academies and second-tier Big 10 teams to get in the Orange Bowl.
Jeez. Get a clue.
July 19th, 2009 at 2:22 PM
It’s too easy with you SEC guys sometimes. It was a sarcastic statement sprinkled with some truth, a.k.a a joke.
As for the some truth: What SEC team had a tougher road schedule last year than @MSU, @UNC, @BC, @USC? Maybe one or two of them? Certainly not LSU or Florida. Look at Bama this year, @MU, @msu, @kentucky, @auburn. That is one tough game, one descent game and two cupcakes. Almost all SEC teams go 8 at home and 4 on the road. Have no room to complain about how others compile their schedules.