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[-King-]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

Schefter has a lot of credibility on the line. If he was at all unsure, he wouldn't have answered the way he did. He wouldn't spend most of his past 6 months chasing ghosts.

He sounds pretty damn confident this is more than just some small rumor. I don't think we can just chalk this up to just another false rumor. This one seems to have more legs.

How does he have credibility on the line? All he has done so far is basically say that there may or not be a video and that he's trying to find out how to get it. He hasn't taken any stance one way or the other on it.

And how can anyone say it has legs when literally no one has seen it? No screenshots have been sent to TMZ or dead spin or any site that specializes in things like this, so how can there be a bidding war or anything of the sort. Until someone says that they have seen it or have seen a screenshot, I'm going to treat this as a BS rumor.
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[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by -King-

How does he have credibility on the line? All he has done so far is basically say that there may or not be a video and that he's trying to find out how to get it. He hasn't taken any stance one way or the other on it.

And how can anyone say it has legs when literally no one has seen it? No screenshots have been sent to TMZ or dead spin or any site that specializes in things like this, so how can there be a bidding war or anything of the sort. Until someone says that they have seen it or have seen a screenshot, I'm going to treat this as a BS rumor.
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Schefter said he has spent a lot of energy on it. The details he gives makes it sound like there's a question of whether it's right for him to leak the info, not about doubt that the tape exists. He had multiple chances to soften his stance. He sounds pretty confident that what he knows is true.

Schefters spin adds credibility that florio did not. This went from a credible guy with sources, to a credible guy who seems to have much more direct information. The fact that schefter said what's holding up the release is complicated sure sounds to me that the hold up on release of the video has nothing to do with doubt about the videos authenticity.

[-King-]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

Schefter said he has spent a lot of energy on it. The details he gives makes it sound like there's a question of whether it's right for him to leak the info, not about doubt that the tape exists. He had multiple chances to soften his stance. He sounds pretty confident that what he knows is true.

Schefters spin adds credibility that florio did not. This went from a credible guy with sources, to a credible guy who seems to have much more direct information. The fact that schefter said what's holding up the release is complicated sure sounds to me that the hold up on release of the video has nothing to do with doubt about the videos authenticity.

He didn't sound confident in anything. He just sounds like a guy who has been chasing down what could be a very very huge story. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...nce-september/
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[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by -King-

He didn't sound confident in anything. He just sounds like a guy who has been chasing down what could be a very very huge story. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...nce-september/
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He sounds like a guy who knows certain things but is being very careful with the information he has. What would be complicated if this was purely a case of extortion for a video nobody has seen even a hint of video or image proof of? Schefter would have just passed this off as a rumor he is interested in.

Or just maybe, there are some bigger issues. Maybe Walmart is involved. Maybe legal authorities. Maybe the NFL. Maybe some privacy issues.

The media even when they have no facts hasn't been shy to blab about any false rumor that hits their desk. Why then are they so hush hush for months? I mean... Not even a "we don't know if this is true, but here's the rumor" deal. It sounds like they are being forced to keep quiet for some reason. That makes this much more curious than your average wild rumor.

[-King-]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

He sounds like a guy who knows certain things but is being very careful with the information he has. What would be complicated if this was purely a case of extortion for a video nobody has seen even a hint of video or image proof of? Schefter would have just passed this off as a rumor he is interested in.

Or just maybe, there are some bigger issues. Maybe Walmart is involved. Maybe legal authorities. Maybe the NFL. Maybe some privacy issues.

The media even when they have no facts hasn't been shy to blab about any false rumor that hits their desk. Why then are they so hush hush for months? I mean... Not even a "we don't know if this is true, but here's the rumor" deal. It sounds like they are being forced to keep quiet for some reason. That makes this much more curious than your average wild rumor.

The entire media was somehow forced to keep quiet about "an incident 5x worse than Ray Rice" for 6+ months? Really?
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[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by -King-

The entire media was somehow forced to keep quiet about "an incident 5x worse than Ray Rice" for 6+ months? Really?
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Can you explain why this has been so hush hush, when the media doesn't have an issue making big deals out of stories with zero truth to them?

For some reason, the media has been extremely quiet about it. Not even hinting about what the rumor is. Seems like there is much more involved than verifying there is a video tape. There are rumors of sex tapes all the time where people can't verify one even exists. So how come for this particular tape, the media has known about it, spent a ton of time on the story, and has revealed absolutely nothing?

[BossChief]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

Can you explain why this has been so hush hush, when the media doesn't have an issue making big deals out of stories with zero truth to them?

For some reason, the media has been extremely quiet about it. Not even hinting about what the rumor is. Seems like there is much more involved than verifying there is a video tape. There are rumors of sex tapes all the time where people can't verify one even exists. So how come for this particular tape, the media has known about it, spent a ton of time on the story, and has revealed absolutely nothing?

Because they don't have the video and haven't seen the video. They don't want a lawsuit.

[-King-]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

Can you explain why this has been so hush hush, when the media doesn't have an issue making big deals out of stories with zero truth to them?

For some reason, the media has been extremely quiet about it. Not even hinting about what the rumor is. Seems like there is much more involved than verifying there is a video tape. There are rumors of sex tapes all the time where people can't verify one even exists. So how come for this particular tape, the media has known about it, spent a ton of time on the story, and has revealed absolutely nothing?

Maybe it was so hush hush because there literally was nothing to report. Even now all they can report on is a rumor.

I just don't see how you can say "They werent talking about something, so someone must have been forcing them to be quiet". Sound like something a conspiracy truther would say.
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[ClevelandBronco]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

He sounds like a guy who knows certain things but is being very careful with the information he has.

That's exactly what he sounds like. There's a difference between knowing for sure what went down and being ready to report it. At least if you aspire to being a reputable journalist there's a difference.

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

What would be complicated if this was purely a case of extortion for a video nobody has seen even a hint of video or image proof of? Schefter would have just passed this off as a rumor he is interested in.

Or just maybe, there are some bigger issues. Maybe Walmart is involved. Maybe legal authorities. Maybe the NFL. Maybe some privacy issues.

The media even when they have no facts hasn't been shy to blab about any false rumor that hits their desk. Why then are they so hush hush for months? I mean... Not even a "we don't know if this is true, but here's the rumor" deal. It sounds like they are being forced to keep quiet for some reason. That makes this much more curious than your average wild rumor.