Why does it make the Herald-bashing look silly? That article in the NYT had Walsh saying nothing about video-taping the Rams' walk-through prior to the Super Bowl. In fact, Walsh (and now, everyone else) said no taping happened then. But John Tomase of the Herald said exactly the opposite: a whole-cloth story without a shred of substantiation. So, the 'Herald-bashing' is not only justified, it should continue. Massarotti is picking up where Tomase left off, blaming everyone and everyone in a 'pay-no-attention-to-the-man-behind-the-curtain' sort of way. Of course the beatings will continue, and they should. Boston's sports media cabal is an utter laughingstock now with perhaps only one notable exception: Bob Ryan.

The 'Deflectors of Attention' over at the Herald are suggesting that 'we' (read: everyone else but them) are fawning over the Patriots and giving them a pass. Not true! We know that the Patriots broke the rules and we have accepted that part of the story. But what we will NOT accept is a misdirection campaign by the Herald that points the finger in a whole different direction. The issue here is the 2002 Super Bowl taping story, which is what the Herald is being called on the carpet for. NOT the other 'spying' episodes, which we have accepted.

Massarotti is using his 'cleverness' to misdirect the issue here. Stick to what happened at the 2002 Super Bowl, Mazz, and you might not end up in the Land of Misfit Boston Sports Hacks like Tomase most certainly will.

No, the Herald still screwed up royally and the bashing is somewhat justified (though the tar and feathering of Tomase might be a little extreme - sorry for the awful visual).

At this point, I would assert that the Patriots' "misinterpretation of the rules" excuse has been repudiated (though Walsh may not be credible, if it can be established that he lied to Tomase about the walkthrough).

Still, we are talking about the same thing (taping signals) that they have already been punished for. Was it beneficial? Probably, but we will never know how important it was, especially since they managed to go 18-1 without the tapes last year.

Kraft and his band of thieves (Belichick, Johnathon, Pioli, et al) are all dead to me after they cheated like they did. They all should be caned. Felony caning. And Jay Severin should be the punisher. Jay rules. Jay rocks my world.

Did the NYT really print: And at that time, he even seemed unsure himself of what specifically it was that the coach’s wanted me to film.?
Isn't it "coaches"?
If that is the case, another example of media conglomerates (print and broadcast) letting the details slide, which leads to not caring about the big picture, which leads to crap.