Accuracy is one thing that ESPN doesn't subscribe to.

Not that I have a problem with Mort, but there is nothing better than seeing ESPN look like fools when they run with stories that aren't true.

The guy needs to go back to whatever college he graduated from and retake journalism 101. Oh that's right. He went to El Camino College and never graduated. He did serve his Country which was good but he might want to go and finish up that degree.

which breaking stories did he get RIGHT? seriously...anyone?

If this "journalist" thing doesn't work out for Mort, he can always fall back on his vast knowledge of Fantasy Football.

When he finally gets fired by ESPN, he'll be snapped up in a heartbeat by Fox News.

"ESPN's Chris Mortensen is reporting that the Bengals may be offering up Rudi Johnson (hamstring) in exchange for wideout help."

Does this mean that Rudi will not only start, but have a Pro-Bowl year in Cincy? If history is our guide...then I say yes..

Cant wait to see what Brady has to say about his "bone bruise". I think he has another ESPN rant in him.

Chris Mortenson is the national medias Butch Stearns. Utterly clueless

It's bad enough Mort can't get his stories right, dude looked like a creepy aquarium-store owner with that ridiculous goatee.

I kinda feel bad for him, he's one of the people on ESPN who doesn't ooze smarminess. He should just do what ESPN.com reporters do: wait for AP or someone else to break a story, then post it 15 minutes later with the disclaimer "OUR OWN _____ HAS LEARNED."

Mort has rested on his laurels for so long, he's forgotten how to do 'breaking' news.

He's forgotten to check to see if a story is true from more than one source, and he looks more and more like a tool.

Did anyone see his fantasy football picks in that 'celebrity' league? What an idiot!

He gets all the wrong stories the quickest, but all the correct stories are broken first by Jay Glazer. So sad.

Um, isn't anyone going to point out that it's a little early to say he was wrong? So what if Whisenhunt won't announce it two weeks before Week 1? Coaches are so paranoid they don't announce preseason starters. Even if he made the decision, he probably wouldn't announce it now. If Leinart isn't the Week 1 starter, Mort will be wrong. Warner is still probably the guy. Most likely, we'll get a post here in a few weeks saying this site was wrong.

Too bad Mort seems to have forgotten his job is to report news, not invent it. It's also unfortunate ESPN seems to think of itself as an entertainment brand, like its parent Disney, instead of sports news source (among other things it does, of course).

Couple this with Chad Ford's "scoop" of Larry Brown going to Cleveland a few years ago, and four letter is on fire!

So a reporter gets a few stories wrong, what makes him so special? He's not the only reporter digging this stuff up right?


Alas, its just another attempt to take a jab at espn (or their reporters) from AA.

aa hates espn is clearly Mortensen.

No doubt Mort has a voodoo doll of Jay Glazer at home

"aa hates espn is clearly Mortensen."

SS - Not the case. Even Mortensen has said something correct in his life.

If Jay Glazer doesn't say it, it's probably not true.

Is AA Hates ESPN getting this Thursday's guest post on The Money Shot?

Cincinnati media are now reporting that Marvin Lewis had no idea that the Bengals were shopping Rudi. Now, it could have been done by the joke of an owner Mike Brown (see Chris Henry) but it would seem that Marvin Lewis would have a clue about his starting RB being "dangled out there" for a trade.

aa hates espn said...
So a reporter gets a few stories wrong, what makes him so special? He's not the only reporter digging this stuff up right?

When a decent chunk of your stories are wrong... and you ARE the only reporter digging it up.

Well.. that's a bit of a problem. As AA said, any other location and he would be fired by now. ESPN is sticking their name on what he is reporting, when you're wrong as often as he is you can't trust what's being reported... that's bad.

Easterbrook calling out Mort for inaccuracy is like Bob Saget calling out George Carlin for vulgarity.

It is premature to say he was wrong because his "source" was more then likely one of Whisenhunt assistants and he probably wants to put Mort on blast because he got the scoop before the coach offically announced it. Even though Mort has been wrong alot of times more then likely Warner will be named the starter because Leinart is still performing badly and Warner gives them the best chance to win now

On KTAR-AM 620 in Phoenix, the afternoon hosts, I believe Gambo and Ash are their names, potshoted Mort and while that wasn't nice, I have no qualms with it theoretically because they were right. Breaking news stories just stroke the egos of reporters. As a broadcast and electronic journalist myself, I know that if I don't hear something, it's not the end of the world if AP documents it. Every now and then, I know something before somebody else does but the important thing is that news is disseminated accurately. In reality, it should make no difference who breaks the story first. It's jacked up when the reporter becomes bigger than the story.

It's good to see people that jump all over Mortensen when the coach "refutes" his report only to say a few days later that Kurt Warner is indeed going to be his starting QB. The fact is coaches don't like it when stuff gets out before they say it so Whisenhunt had this twist in the breeze for a little bit.

And yes...Rudi Johnson did get released after they tried to get something for him in a trade. But of course there's no update here saying any of this like there IS an update saying "Leinart remains starting QB"...if you are going to go after people for accuracy, you might want to practice it yourself.