Ron Paul, Rick Santorum Suggest Foul Play From Romney Campaign
Ron Paul Reacts To Maine Caucus Results
Here's how ESPN has been reporting the retirement of Daunte Culpepper all day today:
Without fail, the ESPN anchor in Bristol will say that Culpepper retired and then add, "Now, to the man who broke the story, ESPN.com's John Clayton."
Except that Clayton didn't "break the story" at all.
Culpepper e-mailed a number of NFL writers this morning to tell them he was retiring. At least two of them -- Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk and Adam Schefter of NFL Network -- reported the contents of the e-mail before Clayton did. And neither Florio nor Schefter tried to pass off their reports as scoops, because they realized that simply passing along an e-mail does not constitute "breaking a story."
In fairness to Clayton, I haven't heard him personally claim that he "broke the story" of Culpepper's retirement. But I have heard other ESPN on-air employees make that claim, and they should stop. Because it isn't true.
ESPN Should Stop Claiming John Clayton 'Broke the Story' of Culpepper Retirement
Sep 4, 2008 – 8:45 PM
Adele Wins Album Of The Year
Greek Protests Continue As Lawmakers Debate Severe Austerity Measures
2012 Grammy Awards: Celebrities Remember Whitney Houston
Country Considers Bills Lifting Gay-Marriage Ban
Mystery Disease Kills Thousands
Whitney Houston Dead At 48
Michael Smerconish: A Response to Sean Hannity
GOP Bill Would Strip Workers Of Overtime, Minimum Wage Protections
Costa Concordia Video Shows Crew Reactions To Cruise Crash
Blogger Faces Possible Death Penalty For Tweets
TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads
Mitch McConnell Not Accepting Obama Compromise
WATCH: Nasim Pedrad As Arianna On SNL's Weekend Update
Syrian Forces Rocket Homs As Arab League Meets In Cairo
Linsanity Continues
Paul Ryan On Obama's 'Accounting Trick'
Mitt Romney Wins Maine Caucus
Sarah Palin 'Not Convinced' Of Romney's Conservatism
Mitt Romney Once Backed Provision He Now Decries
Some States Using Funds From Foreclosure Deal To Close Budget Gaps
Rick Santorum: GOP Race A 2-Man Contest
