MN publishing timeline related to sexting allegations against Favre
- Aug. 4: Deadspin published its initial item.
- Aug. 4: City Pages blogs the Deadspin report roughly three hours later.
- Aug. 6: Strib gossip columnist C.J. blurbs the item.
- Aug. 13: After a journalism ethicist decries Deadspin for violating a source’s confidence, City Pages editor Kevin Hoffman also criticizes the site.
- Oct. 7: Deadspin publishes voicemails and a penis shot. The website says the items were procured from a “third party” it wouldn’t name. The voicemails sound like Favre, but Deadspin acknowledges it can’t confirm it’s him.
- Oct. 7: At a regular weekly press conference, New York Post reporter Brian Costello asks Favre to respond to allegations he sent inappropriate messages to a female Jets employee. Favre says, “I’m not getting into that.”
- Oct. 7: Several TV stations mention Favre’s non-answer on their afternoon and evening newscasts. It’s the first time they’ve referenced the alleged scandal.
- Oct. 8: C.J. notes Favre’s answer.
- Oct. 8: First Strib print sports-section mention, in a staff-written notes column on page C7, under “Etc.”
- Oct. 8: City Pages: “Brett Favre’s penis pictures too hot for local front pages.”
- Oct. 8: The NFL announces it will investigate Favre.
- Oct. 8: First story from Associated Press. A spokesman say a “miscommunication in-house following Favre’s remarks” prevented a story from running Oct. 7.
- Oct. 9: First print Pioneer Press mention, on page C2. (Oct. 8’s edition featured a story titled, “Happy Birthday, Brett.”)
- Oct. 11: MinnPost’s local media reporter David Brauer posts analysis (and this timeline): “Local media: Why we didn’t report Deadspin’s sexting allegations against Favre” [Kinda meta, but makes this timeline complete.]
Read David Brauer’s full analysis of this story.
Source: minnpost.com
