Phony Twitter post taught more about Mike Wise than social media
AOL Fanhouse |
Aug. 30, 2010 9:25 p.m.
"Washington Post columnist Mike Wise had a point he wanted to make about the declining standards of the media," Michael David Smith writes, adding, "He made that point in the worst way imaginable: By making up a phony "scoop" and posting it on Twitter. It all started early Monday afternoon, when Wise tweeted that he had been told the NFL would suspend Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger for five games — a short missive that would have been major news in the NFL, if it were true. . . . The only thing we know now that we didn't know before is that Mike Wise won't hesitate to fabricate a story if he thinks it will help him make some obvious point." 
