Mistakes Were Made, Brevity Was Blamed

As a few of you may have noticed I posted that Chris Bosh and Jose Calderon had been traded to Miami for Mario Chalmers and 2 First Round Picks earlier today. As you can see that post has vanished into the ether. It turns out Ric Bucher was merely proposing a hypothetical trade. Problem was his tweet was a little unclear and RealGM saw it as being a breaking news story. Whoops! Bucher clarified and blamed the imposed brevity of Twitter on the mix-up. I can understand that and it kind of brings to light the inherent problem with media outlets like Twitter. People have fallen into a routine of reporting and following 140 characters/blurbs/youtubes as if they were gospel. Today’s lesson shows us that when all else fails, wait for it to be published by reputable, unconstrained, sources. Also, anyone with such perfect hair should NEVER be trusted.