Comments on: McNabb trade hoax forces media to chase phony rumor

By: Rickah99

Rickah99 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:16:48 +0000

This coming from someone named “Krow”…yeah you stay classy!

By: Krow

Krow — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:47:06 +0000

Eagle fans believe anything. They bought Andy Reid’s story about how he didn’t know his kids were running a drug ring out of his house. Guess the AK-47s were for target practice. Yeah, they’re like children really. Dumb children.

By: SteveRobWhatever

SteveRobWhatever — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:19:58 +0000

I wanted to personally apologize to everyone for the news posted earlier today on GridironFans.com about the Eagles trading Donovan McNabb to the 49ers. Unfortunately we were one of many others who were taken in by the false news report today.
By the time we were able to catch the story that was posted as a hoax, it was too late. The story had made it’s rounds and was exposed as nothing more than an elaborate rouse that caught one of our news reporters off guard.
We at GridironFans.com pride ourselves in scouring the internet and bringing everyone all the news around the NFL as quickly as possible. A perfect storm of circumstances though allowed this story to be posted and stay posted longer than it should have. One of our news reporters saw the “story” right when he was about to leave work and he posted the story in haste. This unfortunately led to the story staying up on our site way longer than it should have and having the story go out via Twitter, our RSS feed as well as being posted on numerous other sites like Yardbarker.com and BallHype.com as news. The damage was done by the time an administrator on the site was able to react and delete the story. Let me assure you that this was nothing more than an honest mistake by one of our reporters and I hope this one mistake doesn’t shake your faith in us to bring you the latest NFL news.
We have made it a point to reiterate to our reporters that every and any news post that is put up needs to be verified before posting. I know people will read this and think “well, that should have been the policy ALL THE TIME.” I want to assure you that verifying the news is standard procedure at GridironFans.com but circumstances today led to this false story being posted. We aren’t the first website to be taken in by a false report and we won’t be the last. Unfortunately for us it was our turn in the crosshairs. I hope that in time we can redeem ourselves in the eyes of readers who were upset over the report. Thank you for taking the time out to read this and hearing us out.
Sincerely,
Steve Marin
Owner, GridironFans.com

By: Duck Fallas

Duck Fallas — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:57:19 +0000

I agree with Fauxpie, you need to tighten up on the comment reviews. Between the t-shirt shill and all the jerkoffs making stupid threats (it’s the internet, morons, you’re not going to do shit) and really pushing the vulgarity envelope this place is fast turning into something on par with youtube comment sections. After reading those first two sentences you should have already figured out that I don’t have the cleanest mouth either, but it’s really gotten out of hand.

By: jimicos

jimicos — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:33:31 +0000

Then there’s the fact that the person who wrote the thing misspelled McNabb’s first name (“Donavon”) four times.
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By: Eaglesman

Eaglesman — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:28:17 +0000

@ Opie
I agree…what a joke! They don’t want to put the URL to the hoax, but they will approve a spam post…
What are you guys thinking???
I would rather have seen the hoax page then to have to see spammer posts being approved!!!

By: Opie

Opie — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:22:24 +0000

Did someone just usurp my name?!? Although I agree with the comment, the real Opie (I) did not say that….
Check into this Florio, someone tampering with my account?!?

By: GoBrowns19

GoBrowns19 — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:04:51 +0000

I’m glad. The media is so overblown on every single thing that it’s good they look stupid once in a while

By: xgbx

xgbx — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:01:08 +0000

In other news, Terry Bradshaw is still alive.

By: Opie

Opie — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:44:53 +0000

This is as pathetic as having a site review all comments and then approve people spamming their t-shirt sale site.

By: Jimmy Shnoogen

Jimmy Shnoogen — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:43:04 +0000

I’m curious as to what the fake page looks like, does anyone know if its still up and where I could get a link to find it?

By: axeman54jt

axeman54jt — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:53:50 +0000

i think the real question here is what did the eagles receive for donovan?

By: downwithdansnyder

downwithdansnyder — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:39:23 +0000

Hey, if mispelling words or bad grammar meant things were made up, this site wouldn’t be real…

By: im_not_lion

im_not_lion — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:38:44 +0000

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120541685173&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT

By: JoeSixPack

JoeSixPack — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:38:44 +0000

“…the phoney Pope can be identified by his high top sneakers and incredibly foul mouth.”

By: Hooby

Hooby — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:37:56 +0000

if someone had told me this while i was at school, i would have first had to hold back from pooping my pants, then i would have spread what turned out to be a false rumor like crack.
phewww

By: im_not_lion

im_not_lion — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:33:02 +0000

Hey Eagles Fan, If you hate McNabb, check this shirt out: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120541685173&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT BUY NOW, if you want him gone!

By: Contra

Contra — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:19:42 +0000

Then there’s the fact that the person who wrote the thing misspelled McNabb’s first name (“Donavon”) four times.
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So you wrote the article then huh Florio?

By: Mean D

Mean D — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:16:56 +0000

Why would any other team want this washed up has-been? He is still an Eagle only because he is butt buddies with fat boy Reid.

By: WarrenMoonGOAT

WarrenMoonGOAT — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:15:02 +0000

hey Florio do u not consider this tampering too?

By: The Genius

The Genius — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:14:15 +0000

Not difficult to mislead the media. Nothing but a bunch of sheeple parroting mindless dribble.
The media is usually used by politicians to get re-elected or to push a certain agenda. Then you get the seasonal hurricane analysis and uninsightful information like “being underwater on your mortgage means you owe more than than the house is worth”.
A reporter truly is the definition of a paid shill.

By: P-way Eagles

P-way Eagles — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:14:02 +0000

Now it’s starting to get ridunkulous….I’m looking forward to the Eagles finally resolving this QB situation. Trade someone and lets move on with our lives.

By: Snowplow

Snowplow — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:12:20 +0000

Captain Janx?…

By: phillychi

phillychi — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:12:06 +0000

And the person that “wrote” the articles spelled San Francisco wrong.

By: robesi

robesi — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:11:20 +0000

Of course, this really wouldn’t be an issue if true journalists still existed.
Instead, we have “reputable” news agencies simply reporting whatever they hear…bogus or not.

By: John Spagnola

John Spagnola — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:10:36 +0000

Good, the media has fans chasing garbage all the time. I love the move.

By: theMadStork

theMadStork — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:09:25 +0000

the Westbrook call was Capt. Jenks, a regular caller into the Howard Stern show and a professional phony phone caller.
This McNabb thing is out of his spectrum

By: Danny N.

Danny N. — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:07:47 +0000

Oh Florio, don’t act like you didn’t look into it too. You’re a much bigger rumor monger than anyone else, so don’t act for a SECOND that you have not only chased a false rumor, but made up your own.

By: this class sucks

this class sucks — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:07:39 +0000

nooooo i was so excited for a brief moment.

By: FalconDevil

FalconDevil — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:05:54 +0000

Props for not jumping the gun