The Zooker
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As mentioned previously, I have a buddy who works for a major journalism outlet that covers Gator sports. Today on the phone he told me that the entire department had a very serious meeting about who they use as sources. Sports journalism has gotten out of control with everybody racing to be the first to break a story. Some big time editors are putting their feet down to make sure sources are verified before they are trusted. On one hand I think this is long overdue. On the other hand it was kind of fun to see playground journalism on the big stage at times. But it really does make your outlet look bad when you report something that turns out to be false. It's gotten to the point where folks are automatically ignoring stories where the source is anonymous. I'm pretty much at that point now. Was fun while it lasted though.