Board of trustees member comes out in support of daily nu reporters

[towercat]

 

[phatcat]

Yay Christine. She did my tour as an incoming frosh

 

[NJCat]

Please, Christine....this story wasn't exactly Woodward and Bernstein. The Daily were handed the story on a silver platter.

 

[1830sherman]

Please, Christine....this story wasn't exactly Woodward and Bernstein. The Daily were handed the story on a silver platter.

How do you know this?

In any case, however it came to be, I saw a story come out of the Daily that nobody else--not the Chi dailies, nor the nationals like The Athletic et al, nor the national heavy hitters like NYT etc, nor any other pub--brought into the light of day.

 

[NJCat]

How do you know this?

Because for over 7 months no one knew the identity of the whistle blower. The University issue their summary report, and he is justifiably upset by the slap on the wrist, so he contacts the Daily and tells his side of the story. He gives them a couple of other names to corroborate his story and one day later the story runs.

It wasn't some stroke of brilliant investigative journalism.

 

[SimpsonElmwood]

My issue with the Daily story was not interviewing players other than the accusers. This was a BIG miss.

 

[corbi296]

How do you know this?

In any case, however it came to be, I saw a story come out of the Daily that nobody else--not the Chi dailies, nor the nationals like The Athletic et al, nor the national heavy hitters like NYT etc, nor any other pub--brought into the light of day.

Did you ever consider those other organizations haven’t printed that story because they were unable to substantiate the accusations? There is no prize for being first if you cut corners and don’t make sure you have all sides of the story. Did they interview any other NU players who were teammates of the accuser before printing the story?

 

[1830sherman]

Because for over 7 months no one knew the identity of the whistle blower. The University issue their summary report, and he is justifiably upset by the slap on the wrist, so he contacts the Daily and tells his side of the story. He gives them a couple of other names to corroborate his story and one day later the story runs.

It wasn't some stroke of brilliant investigative journalism.

Again, I ask, how do you know this? Or are you just speculating?

 

[1830sherman]

Did you ever consider those other organizations haven’t printed that story because they were unable to substantiate the accusations? There is no prize for being first if you cut corners and don’t make sure you have all sides of the story. Did they interview any other NU players who were teammates of the accuser before printing the story?

Cmon. There was a huge pile-on after the Daily published the story. Take a look at any news aggregator. Nobody even pretended to refrain from re-publishing the story that the Daily broke.

 

[towercat]

Because for over 7 months no one knew the identity of the whistle blower. The University issue their summary report, and he is justifiably upset by the slap on the wrist, so he contacts the Daily and tells his side of the story. He gives them a couple of other names to corroborate his story and one day later the story runs.

It wasn't some stroke of brilliant investigative journalism.

For over 7 months, you didn’t know the identity of the whistleblower.

 

[corbi296]

Cmon. There was a huge pile-on after the Daily published the story. Take a look at any news aggregator. Nobody even pretended to refrain from re-publishing the story that the Daily broke.

News aggregators don’t confirm shit. They just aggregate and repost what others have said, hence the name. They add zero credibility to this situation.

 

[1830sherman]

I didn't say or suggest they confirmed shit. I was just responding to the content of your post in which you asked why other organizations hadn't printed the story. The news aggregators showed that they did.

 

[corbi296]

I didn't say or suggest they confirmed shit. I was just responding to the content of your post in which you asked why other organizations hadn't printed the story. The news aggregators showed that they did.

I meant other news organizations that would independently verify the facts being reported. Aggregators don’t do that.