Washington Post columnist Mike Wise fabricated a story on Monday in an attempt, he said, to demonstrate the declining standards and credibility of the sports media but in the end he damaged his own credibility, and as a result the Washington Post has suspended him for a month. "My bosses at the Post feel I need a month to think about the severity of my actions," Wise said at the beginning of his Washington, D.C. radio show on Tuesday morning. Wise explained on the radio that by posting inaccurate information (a false claim that he had been told the NFL would suspend Ben Roethlisberger for five games), he thought he was demonstrating how easily other outlets will pick up and pass along inaccurate information. "I tried to showcase the absurdity of bad journalism," Wise said. "I could give you 10 reasons why I did this and what went wrong in the execution. I made a orrendous mistake, using my Twitter account that identifies me as a Washington Post columnist. Wise said he hopes he hasn't damaged the Post's credibility -- or his own. "Our worst moments should not define us," said Wise, a columnist who often delights in ripping others for their worst moments. "I'm paying the price I should for careless, dumb behavior." Source: NFL Fanhouse
How come nobodies pissed at that Tim Colishaw guy from the Dallas News who was claiming last week that he had inside knowledge that a Revis deal was getting done last Wednesday? Another bald faced liar.
Because he retracted his story and "Technically" got the wrong player. They ended up signing Mangold, not Revis. I do feel though that Cowlishaw's reputation took a huge hit and I can't see how anything he writes is taken seriously from this point forward. Wise on the other hand was just flat out dumb. He intentionally put out a false story. Why he wasn't fired is beyond me.
So you bring attention to the declining quality of sports reporting by breaking one of journalism's most sacred rules? I have to say as a journalism student, this guy works perfectly as a case study in how to be a freaking dumbass, and any other industry but sports would not have even thought twice about canning him. Have fun going back to other writers at the Post, Wise, because everyone is probably going to hate you, and you'll bring disrepute everywhere you go from now on. As warmhearted it is to say something like our worst moments shouldn't define us, in his field, it does. You heck up like that, you deserve to not work in the industry for (at least) awhile. What bothers me most is that he doesn't attempt to apologize for doing it and breaking what should be a journalist's credo, his words are all about how stupid he was to be caught in the manner he was. That shows me there's no understanding of what he really did, which is inexcusable. He clearly was not trained well by anyone of integrity. I see the Cowlishaw event as separate. He took a shot with some, or one, anonymous source to attempt to break a story (always risky, but up to your editors). I don't know his clout at DMN, but I seriously doubt he self-edits, so although he's the face of it, more people than just Cowlishaw saw credit to his story and decided to run it. Wise is in a class of his own, one with no class or credibility.
He should have been fired, but it is the Washington Post. He has zero credibility, and the Post may not be around long any way. They border on the Baltimor Sun with the cut backs they have taken in the last few years.
Yep, it is great for wrapping fish, cover the table to eat Maryland steamed crabs and to potty train your puppy in its early days. Also adds some flair for the bottom of your bird cage.
