Dennis & Callahan Spread Falsehood (Again)

[Laurence Glavin]

In their zeal to besmirch lawyers, WEEI-AM & FM morning hosts John Dennis and Gerry Callahan spread misinformation that catches the attention of a publication that takes a dim view of such things:  http://masslawyersweekly.com/2012/02/02/sports-radio-station-takes-aim-at-legal-system-with-bogus-info/   

[ArtSpooner]

In their zeal to besmirch lawyers, WEEI-AM & FM morning hosts John Dennis and Gerry Callahan spread misinformation that catches the attention of a publication that takes a dim view of such things:  http://masslawyersweekly.com/2012/02/02/sports-radio-station-takes-aim-at-legal-system-with-bogus-info/   

And in your zeal to besmirch Dennis and Callahan, you're stating that they knew it was false.  By the way, you forgot to mention the gorilla.  But I'm sure you will later.

[Laurence Glavin]

In their zeal to besmirch lawyers, WEEI-AM & FM morning hosts John Dennis and Gerry Callahan spread misinformation that catches the attention of a publication that takes a dim view of such things:  http://masslawyersweekly.com/2012/02/02/sports-radio-station-takes-aim-at-legal-system-with-bogus-info/   

And in your zeal to besmirch Dennis and Callahan, you're stating that they knew it was false.  By the way, you forgot to mention the gorilla.  But I'm sure you will later.

In the body of the article, John Dennis claims he knew the assertion was false, but funny.  In other words,  humor overrides veracity.  BTW, the gorilla made universalhub.com because he shied away from a prediction anent Sunday's game.

[rib00]

'eei has little to do with journalism and is all about entertainment or should I say trying to entertain and falling short of the mark.

Who else would employ a plagiarist like Larry Johnson, the minister?  Despite endless discoveries of photos that he has transformed into "original" drawings, he remains there.  How many others have lost jobs in Boston media for stealing others work?   But, it's ok at 'eei where they don't take reporting seriously.

[TSBench]

Interestingly, in a like manner, almost all radio discussions of the Darwin Awards include many notorious but untrue or apocryphal cases. I guess the major reasons nobody gets bent out of shape over these is 1. Stupid people don't have their own trade journal, and/or 2. Professional umbrage-takers don't see any political mileage in attacking the Darwin awards.

In this case, it's a two-fer.


Regards.
TSB

[raccoonradio]

Meanwhile, the Dennis v. Ryen Russillo feud flares up again, at the ESPN Super Bowl Party (Russillo
is on with Scott van Pelt--no idea is he's related to Linus and Lucy of Peanuts fame --I don't
think WEEI airs SVP's show. They do local instead.)

http://deadspin.com/5882337/john-dennis-says-espns-ryen-russillo-is-a-stumbling-drunk-alcoholic

In comments, someone links to the Globe story about the Metco controversy. Barstool Sports also is
giddy about all this (the writer there said Ryen and he were kicked off The Zone "even though I was
paying for the airtime"; Dennis in the original voicemail, also found on above link, says "I don't know
who the f--- you are. I GUESS you're on The Zone." Dennis originally hails from Pittsburgh, hence
the Yinzer slang--as he uses "jagoff" meaning "jerk").

Larry Johnson: My nickname for him is Trace-y. A quick websearch will turn up a page of his
stealing from established photos. (Much like how Sheppard Fairey used an AP pic of Obama
to do the famed "Hope" poster.)

[Laurence Glavin]

I forwarded the article to Dan Kennedy, Northeastern Univ journalism perfesser, blogger at Media Nation, and panelist on channel 19's "Beat the Press". He brought it up on his Twitter page, but not yet on the blog.

[4CX1000A]

In their zeal to besmirch lawyers, WEEI-AM & FM morning hosts John Dennis and Gerry Callahan spread misinformation that catches the attention of a publication that takes a dim view of such things:  http://masslawyersweekly.com/2012/02/02/sports-radio-station-takes-aim-at-legal-system-with-bogus-info/   

Why single out Dennis and Callahan? This sort of thing is the norm for almost any talk radio program these days. The notion that "it's only entertainment, so we don't need to get our facts straight" is widespread in radio; among other things it's a convenient excuse to cut corners to save a few dollars.

There ought to be some sort of code that broadcasters with higher standards can adopt.

[raccoonradio]

ESPN suspends Rottillo, Rossillo, whatever his name is ("John Dennis (here), Rotillo...") after incident
involving J. Dennis

http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/02/21/source-ryen-russillo-was-suspended-from-espn-for-his-super-bowl-incident/

---interesting bizarre spelling involving sports figures:
Ryen Russillo
Ryne Sandberg
Jhonny Peralta
Jimy Williams (all actual spellings)

[CTListener]

ESPN suspends Rottillo, Rossillo, whatever his name is ("John Dennis (here), Rotillo...") after incident
involving J. Dennis

http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/02/21/source-ryen-russillo-was-suspended-from-espn-for-his-super-bowl-incident/

---interesting bizarre spelling involving sports figures:
Ryen Russillo
Ryne Sandberg
Jhonny Peralta
Jimy Williams (all actual spellings)

Add these examples of good old American sub-literacy:
Micheal Ray Richardson
Isiah Thomas

Oddly enough, Ryne Sandberg wasn't the first Ryne in MLB. There was a pitcher named Ryne Duren back in the '50s and '60s.