Chris Mihlfeld, Albert Pujols trainer Cleared

by DimitroffVodka on Oct 2, 2006 11:53 AM EDT

I think we all remember when AP's Trainer got mixed up in all that Jason Grimsley HGH affidavit. Well this is the same affidavit that Clemens and Petitite were on. It turnes on that Chris Mihlfeld is cleared off that list. So in turn no more Pujols HGH worries.

http://www.deadspin.com/sports/baseball/a-deeply-regrettable-wrong-204519.php

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THANK GOD

I didn't believe it, but that's a load off my mind. May the greatness of El Hombre never be diminished.

"Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most." -- Ozzy Osbourne

by Scarlet the Cardinal on Oct 2, 2006 12:06 PM EDT reply actions

That's a pretty weak mea culpa.

by Hardcore Legend on Oct 2, 2006 12:52 PM EDT reply actions

agreed

what a pathetic apology. I almost expected to see him conlude with "yada, yada", except that would have sounded too authentic.

You either get all the glory or all the... goat hair. -mike shannon

by SleepyCA on Oct 2, 2006 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions

agreed

That's why you need two sources, independently confirming information of an inflammatory nature like this. Relying on a single source, even a supposedly reliable one, is too risky, particularly when people's reputations are at stake.

I am a former journalist, and present lawyer. As a journalist, I wouldn't have published that story without either a second independent source or seeing the unredacted document myself. As a lawyer, I wouldn't have let my client publish a reputation-damaging story without much more solid reporting to back it up.

by blove121 on Oct 2, 2006 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions

For a website, whose story was the one picked

up by another irresponsible journalist in Keith Olberman and then aired on cable television, the impact of their statements warranted more of an apology than that.

by Hardcore Legend on Oct 2, 2006 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions

what would you prefer?

I agree it was terribly irresponsible for Deadspin to publish a single sourced rumor.

But they ran a full retraction on the front page of the blog. What more do you want? Will's resignation? I'm sure that story hit him as hard as it hit any of us. He surely felt conflicted about publishing it and probably felt like if he sat on the story he'd be guilty of 'protecting his own'.

I'm a big fan of both Deadspin and Keith O, but they both blew it on this one. There are all sorts of crazy rumors floating around on the Internet, and you can't ignore one of the most fundamental rules of journalism in the race to get the scoop.

The lesson here is don't always believe what you read on the internets or any other media source for that matter (especially not on cable news).

by musial6 on Oct 2, 2006 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions

It just appears they are still buck passing...

..."we're sorry we believed someone else that was wrong."

It just doesn't seem that the apology fits the firestorm they started.

I don't want anyone's resignation, I don't really want much of anything. I'm just saying as far as full out apologies go, that's almost like saying 'I'm sorry you had to find out I'm lying.' Not 'I'm sorry I lied'.

Not saying the lied, just using it as an example.

by Hardcore Legend on Oct 2, 2006 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions