Comments on: DL426: Mike Wise on Big Ben Tweet, ProFootballTalk, Social Media

By: This Week in Review: USA Today gets a mobile makeover, Twitter and trust, and a paywall’s ad struggles » Nieman Journalism Lab

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:08:36 +0000

[...] of Twitter as a news medium — one that many others probably share. Even after the episode, Wise maintained that it showed that nobody checks facts or sourcing on breaking stories on [...]

By: Sports Columnist Cunningly Uses Twitter To Prove That He’s Dumb | Defamer Australia

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:35:31 +0000

[...] nobody checking facts or sourcing and 2. I’m an idiot. Apologies to all involved.” He also said, “Bottom line: I picked a lousy way to show we have no credibility in this medium, in the [...]

By: Washington Post social media policy didn’t prevent Mike Wise’s Twitter hoax « The Buttry Diary

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:47:42 +0000

[...] don’t have time or interest in going into this in depth, and plenty of blogs have already weighed in (I am jumping into this fray late). But I will make two [...]

By: Max Power

Max Power — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:48:25 +0000

I agree wholeheartedly with ThunderingBlurb’s sentiments.

I also wonder how the MSM would have treated this whole issue if it wasn’t done by Mike Wise, but instead by a lowly blogger without a journalism background. I won’t hold my breath waiting for the “Outside the Lines” episode on the ethics of this incident.

By: On Mike Wise | Slow States

On Mike Wise | Slow States — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:26:57 +0000

[...] attacked from several different angles. Immediately realized what he did was asinine. Apologized, again and again. A co-worker came to his defense. A rival organization went the snarky route. The [...]

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Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:31:03 +0000

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By: ThunderingBlurb

ThunderingBlurb — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:25:02 +0000

Wise’s spin is impressive. Does he NOT get he IS a legitimate source? People are supposed to call him to follow up for stuff he says when they are reportign what he did? He traded on his ‘trust currency’ and he burned everyone who trusted him to not pay with us. So he never broke a story on twitter? Who was to say he would never do so? How would you know?

I also call bullcrap on the fail whale on his tweet ‘right afterwards’. Very convenient.

BTW – it’s one thing if I tweet out something and legitmate sources don’t fact check me. I’m not a highly thought of journalist (yet? can i say yet?). Wise is.

He screwed us to prove an arrogant point and instead proved that ‘legitimate’ journalists are just as prone to stupdity as bloggers, social networkers and the rest of us.

I heard he got suspended a month. Deserves EVEY second of it.

By: Mike Wise, Faking Tweets and Why It’s Not Okay « State of the Fourth Estate

Mike Wise, Faking Tweets and Why It’s Not Okay « State of the Fourth Estate — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:11:34 +0000

[...] that those who have a certain air of authority often are believed fully without further vetting. As he told Dan Levy of Press Coverage yesterday afternoon: “Bottom line: I picked a lousy way to show we have no credibility in this medium, in the social [...]

By: DMV: I Would Prefer That McNabb Play | Mr. Irrelevant, a D.C. Sports Blog by the Brothers Mottram

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:01:43 +0000

[...] Mike Wise tweets fake news, gets raked over the coals for it, apologizes. [PFT, SB Nation D.C., D.C. Sports Bog, Press Coverage] [...]

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:24:57 +0000

“This is the reason why I did something like this. Again, I picked a lousy avenue.”

But wasn’t that the point of the hoax? That twitter can be bad if people don’t follow-up with you? He should be suspended, what he did was childish, unprofessional garbage. This reflects way worse on Wise than it does on Mike Florio.