first i ever heard of that! seriously, and i was a journalism major for two years. :hihi:

unless, of course, you are talking about confirming a story... in which case that would apply.

plus... it's already all over the 'net, so we might as well discuss it.

I guess I just don't see how it's possible to discuss how it was a hack job without the using details from the article. For someone that didn't read the article it that means nothing. The paper ran a story, took it down, and no one is saying anything other than it was a hack job.

As far as hurting the program I can see your point. At first I thought how could it hurt the program if it's just unsubstantiated BS that was retracted? But now thinking about it more, yeah there are a lot of idiots that will repeat anything and believe anything they see in print. Probably a few on the NCAA committee even.

Here's the problem. You're comparing this to legitimate journalism.

Wow, that alleged journalist will fit right in.

I used to sit as a student member of LSU committee on Student Conduct. We'd consider mostly cases of cheating on tests by undergrad. However, we once had a case of plagiarism by a grad student. He copied a lenghty passage from a book word for word. Unfortunately he didn't bother to check that his PROFESSOR had written said book! What a dumb @ss, lazy and stupid. Anyhow he got the maximum penalty primarily because he never would admit that he did anything wrong. The professor spoke to the committee, while she kept her composure, she had steam rising from her collar.

what would they give her an "F" in? student publications isn't a class. oh no, it has FAR graver consequences. she could get slapped with libel and face very harsh penalties... a university newspaper is treated NO differently than an independent newspaper. there is no protection blanket. i used to work for my school's paper and we had lengthy talks about how we should be careful what we print.

this musta been the same girl who posed as a bama fan last year and said she was mistreated. :hihi:

Or we can be the example and not spread unsubstantiated rumors. Let the other sites continue to feed off of this garbage and let the adults talk about what we do know, like who will replace GC when he gets fired.:wave:

maybe so, but that article did make a lot of sense... especially when you consider why a certain player mysteriously did NOT play at a position we really needed depth at. anyway, i guess you're right. :redface:

Whoever wrote the article should be held responsible if it was all bs.