{"id":7962,"date":"2017-03-10T10:29:30","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T15:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/students.com.miami.edu\/reporting\/?p=7962"},"modified":"2017-03-10T10:29:30","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T15:29:30","slug":"hoax-shows-importance-of-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/students.com.miami.edu\/reporting\/hoax-shows-importance-of-sources\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoax shows importance of sources"},"content":{"rendered":"

By LUIS GONZALEZ<\/p>\n

The New England Patriots woke up to an awkward breakup post by backup quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, except the Patriots did not trade or cut the QB.<\/p>\n

At around 4 a.m., Garoppolo\u2019s Instagram saying a concise goodbye to Boston. While the third-year QB has had his time this year on the trade block, it appears that his Instagram was hacked and has not been traded or released.<\/p>\n

The post lasted around four hours on his profile and has been deleted since then. Below is a screengrab of the post from Garropolo\u2019s Instagram (the gray box only covers the comment section).<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>NFL news media have been working tirelessly around the clock for the last week because of the opening of free agency.<\/p>\n

NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport summed up the situation best for the aforementioned news media members.<\/p>\n

“Spoke to someone close to Jimmy Garoppolo who had no knowledge of any trade and believes it’s a hack. Alas, it’s 5:26 am now & we’re all up,” Rapoport wrote.<\/p>\n

He also gave an update this morning on NFL Network’s show Good Morning Football and provided some insight of the early morning flurry.<\/p>\n

“Here is the latest from RapSheet on the Jimmy Garoppolo Instagram story,” he wrote.<\/p>\n

The whole situation brings up the importance of maintaining multiple legitimate sources to confirm a story before it its published, especially during the free agency period.<\/p>\n

Front office personnel from NFL teams and countless sports agents are currently participating in a dance to gain leverage over each other, to get the best deal for their party.<\/p>\n

The dance involves leaking information to reporters in hopes of starting published rumors and put pressure on the other party to conform to their side of the bargaining table.<\/p>\n

With the feed-the-beast mentality, it would be easy for someone looking to get some clicks on their new blog and make a name for themselves, might publish the leaked information and it may not be true.<\/p>\n

Having multiple sources to confirm a story solidifies it, allowing it not to be subject to a rich man’s leverage war.<\/p>\n

Rapoport, in the tweet, showed how reporting during a whirlwind time should be done. With solid confirmation and not believing the first thing\u00a0that is seen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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