Comments on: Mike Wise admits to Big Ben hoax, offers lame explanation

By: Jersey Jouster II

Jersey Jouster II — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:16:08 +0000

I hope Wise gets fired from his radio show. He is horrible. He stumbles, bumbles and stutters every sentence. He cuts off his guests and the worst part is that he thinks he’s funny.
What a tool. Bring back Bill Rollin to mid days and can this fool.

By: leeanthony

leeanthony — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:37:47 +0000

Maybe he didn’t prove that “anyone will print anything…” but he did prove that Florio will print anything…

By: leeanthony

leeanthony — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:36:30 +0000

Ha ha ha, leave it to Florio for getting upset over a “tweet.” You got punked. I’m sure a 30 day vacation from the Post is really devastating to Wise. I certainly won’t be missing his radio show tomorrow…

By: kpweaver27

kpweaver27 — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:25:16 +0000

People who peruse this site are uncharacteristically critical of it. You have to understand what you’re reading. PFT is 80% blurbs and reposts, and they are unapologetic about that. It is the design of the site to get out information as quickly as possible, posting 20-40 times a day when its busy. If the powers that be at PFT see a reputable name, they post it with credit due. Why research everything Peter King says? What is the point of journalistic credibility if not for reliable news?
Wise lost his in a stupid way, and if you buy his excuse you lack credibility too. If he were simply trying to prove “people will print anything” he would have done something a bit more outlandish than a modest suspension reduction.

By: Deb

Deb — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:41:20 +0000

If the Post has any interest in its own credibility, it would fire Mike Wise. He’s Jayson Blair. No difference–except that Blair invented and plagiarized stories at the Times and didn’t deliberately try to drag other reputable news outlets down with him. I’m glad the Herald, Post-Gazette, and others picked up the story because Wise may get his just desserts. Too many ethical journalists are without work right now for this clown to have a job.
People give you hell about being a lousy journalist. You’re not a journalist and I’ve never seen you pretend to be a journalist. You’re a blogger who gathers scoops from supposedly reliable sources. The Washington Post reporters should be reliable sources. If you can’t trust the sports department, you can’t trust the news department. The guy doesn’t take his profession seriously, so let him find a new one.

By: texasPHINSfan

texasPHINSfan — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:42:27 +0000

I don’t understand Wise’s logic. If he was trying to prove you’re a fraud, how does posting a fraudulent scoop for you to pickup prove that point?
How can you even be a fraud? All you do is combine all the NFL news in one place, every post has a link.
I don’t get it.

By: klungemonger

klungemonger — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:22:26 +0000

I only read something about Florio & Rosenthal using the “rhythm method” and had to stop there.

By: jb1996

jb1996 — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:00:11 +0000

haha Wise shows the press but they suspended him so he got shown up

By: CO55

CO55 — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:47:39 +0000

“So who looks like the fool here?”
Cut to Florio in his bathroom. “Mirror, Mirror………”

By: Dirka28

Dirka28 — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:11:13 +0000

Look everyone for the most part this isn’t a site you come to for sports news…You come here because it’s convenient it takes all the stories from all the sites and papers and presents it in a form that is condensed enough to be easily digested and usually provides links if you want more in depth information. It’s more The Daily Show than it is CNN, FOX News, MSNBC, or whatever station your particular political orientation allows you to choose. It takes the news waters it down with some witty remark and presents it in a way that appeals to our short attention spans. Also because it posts so many articles in a day it’s a great distraction at work. They took a report that was out there, not widely reported but from a credible member of the media and posted it and because it was not their opinion or their report provided a source for the report. Seeing as how Twitter is getting me the picks in the draft before they are made and reporting mostly correct news an hour or more before more legitimate media picks it up is something alot of us love to be in on cause we like to be that guy that always hits all their other friends with breaking news. The fault here lies with the moron who knew he was in a position of reporting that people trusted intentionally put out false information. This isn’t just yelling fire in a theatre, this is a fireman in uniform on stage calmly explaining to the audience that they need to evacuate because there is a fire. The people have a good reason to believe the source.

By: longthoughts

longthoughts — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:21:09 +0000

Florio, I love to talk trash on you and your journalistic “integrity”–even though I visit your site several times a day, thanks–but this guy made himself look like an idiot. If I were a reporter, I’m not sure I would be in love with a guy who took my hard work and then made more money and got more exposure than I did, but this guy is a bigger tool than you and me put together. You built this thing out of your freaking basement, so f_ck him and me and anyone else for hating just because you have an awesome job and get to flaunt your hairpiece on TV.
I still remember when you killed Terry Bradshaw, though. Don’t get cocky.

By: Art Van Delay's brother

Art Van Delay's brother — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:18:11 +0000

Mike Wise was basically run out of town by the Ravens players and the organization. He was hated by most of Baltimore and always played the race card on defending himself from his many critics.
Want to know if you’ve died and went to hell? If the Mike Wise show is playing on the radio…you’re there. Squiggy from Laverne and Shirley has better linguistic skills.
I’m guessing one of the Skins players will kick his butt by week 6 or 7.

By: urabozoo

urabozoo — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:43:15 +0000

Listen, I give Florio crap here and there in good fun, but it kills me when people rip him as a hack and for stealing other people’s stuff. I mean if you really hate him or this site so much, why did you keep reading it and then bitch about it? I used to read Bill Simmons on ESPN until I got sick of his shitck, then I simply stopped reading. As Alec Balwin says in Glengarry Glen Ross “If you dont like it, leave.”

By: pappyschmiel

pappyschmiel — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:17:01 +0000

I have never heard of Mike Wise, but he is a steaming pile of manure, and I doubt he will be able to continue in this career very long with the idiotic mental processing that he displayed here.
Sorry that you are taking heat for this, Mr. Florio. I have never understood the haters on a free web site full of interesting RUMOR material, some of which is right and some of which is wrong.

By: HereThere

HereThere — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:01:33 +0000

I hate defending Florio, but all he did was post that this bonehead was saying Ben would be suspended for five games. Wise sounds like a petty douchebag.

By: BigBear123

BigBear123 — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:58:45 +0000

When discussing the situation on the air, Wise at one point said that he did it to prove that I’m a fraud. So . . . in an effort to expose me as a fraud, he did something fraudulent.
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I am not looking up the Dallas Morning News or the Washington Post sports section for breaking news.
Might follow an editorial article unrelated to sports but that’s it.
I prefer PFT because you bundle everything into a nice little package on one site.
ESPN used to be alright, seemed to jump on the blog bandwagon a bit late. Even then I have to wait two minutes for all of the pop up ads to clear before I can read anything there.
Guess you made it when other writers try to make you look bad. Whatever, you made it awhile ago, those douchebags are just jealous.

By: JuicyMelon

JuicyMelon — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:40:41 +0000

Four tweets later, Wise said he “[c]an’t reveal [his] sources.” Then, more than an hour after posting the initial tweet, Wise said his source was a “casino employee in Lake Tahoe.”
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In addition to my above comment, the “Lake Tahoe” reference was very, very bad. Read up on the Roethlisberger case to see where the female was working at the time. Apparently she was working as an executive casino host at that time. Mike Wise is a complete piece of trash. What point was he trying to make there?

By: Hailskinzz

Hailskinzz — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:18:46 +0000

Why is so many people hatin on Mike Wise? His show does not suck at all his show is actually good. Mike Wise has been in journalism for a long time and he also writes good articles in the Washington Post. This just goes to show that Florio believes anything he sees so yes Florio you suck at life

By: ernieadams

ernieadams — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:00:12 +0000

How many pissant writers from pissant little newspapers post on this site? It’s an aggregator site. Get a grip.

By: DirtDawg55

DirtDawg55 — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:46:14 +0000

Ah, listen up folks. This site plainly says “latest news and rumors”. It is not the “site for original research and fact based and fact checked insights into everything pro football”. And yes, it is an aggregation site, you know, like google in a way or digg it. There is much to blame Florio for, but ripping him for pointing to other people’s work when that is the express purpose of this site, and the reason you come here in the first place, is absurd.
Of course, watching Florio get his panties all wet over this is priceless.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:22:33 +0000

… think he was relating the “forest fire” to his play on Wise using a magnify glass to start one…paraphrasing the Calumet-Laurium Michigan (home of the Gipper) Italian Hall Disaster…

By: ISP659

ISP659 — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:04:06 +0000

The hypocrisy in these comments is amazing. Listen, I don’t agree with Florio all the time, BUT… those stating that Wise made a fool of Florio are… we’ll use the term “special”. Now, Florio’s self deprecations get old, he copy and pastes relentlessly, and the grammar ain’t so hot (pun intended). 99.9% of us here are lazy American males; yes, and we all like one stop shopping. Florio was the smart one to provide an opportunity for us to bask in our own laziness and has now set himself in a position to provide for his family by doing so. To call our Florio for providing news and RUMORS, which we all crave and freely choose to seek at PFT, is flat stupid. I could think of several more adjectives that would convey a more correct description of those calling him out but again I’ll refer to “special” instead. You all seek the news and rumors provided here freely, and you’d really blame Florio for Wise’s decision to knowingly print a lie. In regards to Wise’s radio response, “What you just said, is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points and may God have mercy on your soul.” Billy Madison, Peace Out!!!

By: kiss-my-ass-florio-haters

kiss-my-ass-florio-haters — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:01:43 +0000

Some people might consider Mike Wise to be a booger-eating-moron, but technically he is an imbecile who aspires to be a dullard.

By: Buck Stallion

Buck Stallion — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:01:11 +0000

Mike Wise is a complete moron. His radio show is horrible!
He just showed everyone what an idiot he is.

By: Opie

Opie — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:51:49 +0000

I had to get all the way down to the 100th post to find someone else w/the same problem I have:
howitzer819 says:
August 30, 2010 5:48 PM
Why would someone shout “forest fire” in a crowded theater? Wouldn’t it just be “fire”? Is the theater in the forest? What possible implication would a fire in a wooded area have on a movie theater presumably in an urban area?
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Now, howitzer better not tell me his post was a joke just to get me to re-post it and add some pithy comments about how I agree with him…or else, I’m going to get upset and “pen” another post calling for his arse!
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Don’t know Wise, but my guess is that he and other career reporters are a little upset that someone could make any money simply reposting their articles. They do the work, someone collects their work, puts it on a website (for which I’m greatful), and then gets paid.
I get both sides of this coin. It is the new era of reporting. Cornflorio – you must take the good with the bad. The awards and compliments with the jokes at your expense.
Adjust your squirrel hat and get back to work, it don’t mean a thing. Oh, and when are you going to “interview” Channing Crowder, Terry Bradshaw, and Steve Smith?!?

By: football311

football311 — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:48:57 +0000

Laxer37 says:
August 30, 2010 3:19 PM
“Mike Wise admits to Big Ben hoax, offers lame explanation”
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“Florio reports hoax as news, offers excuses”.
Well said!!

By: hotbite

hotbite — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:47:03 +0000

Florio, how about verifying the ‘facts’ that you get (like checking with the Steelers, the NFL, etc.) BEFORE you do exactly what Wise thought you would….run to print with a joke! So let me ask you, Florio, who is the real journalist here?

By: realitypolice

realitypolice — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:40:27 +0000

I love how you justify your single sourcing this story off of a tweet by listing another another single source story from a tweet that also turned out not to be true.
Life is much more fun when you don’t learn from your mistakes. Why worry about screwing up in new and different ways when you can just keep making the same mistake over and over again!

By: StevieMo

StevieMo — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:39:09 +0000

Mike Wise = Horse’s Ass.

By: IndyColt45

IndyColt45 — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:23:49 +0000

Haters Gon Hate