Thursday, April 10, 2008

Rush story contained some inaccuracies

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A story in the April 5 Lawrence Journal-World regarding court appearances for Kansas University basketball player Brandon Rush was not entirely accurate.

At the time, it was reported that Rush was facing contempt charges for failing to pay child support.

While Rush was scheduled to appear in court, a family court commissioner had dismissed the case on April 2.

As was mentioned in the story, however, a judge had the file in his possession and the court's online records could not be updated until the judge had released the file. Additionally, because the office was locked, the court spokeswoman said she was unable to verify the information that had been posted online and on which the story was based.

It was also mentioned that Rush had an upcoming court appearance in Lawrence municipal court for failing to pay court fines. Rush, however, paid his municipal court fines March 18 and has no legal obligations to the city of Lawrence.

Comments

brooksmd (anonymous) says...

So rather than verify you idiots just went ahead and printed that story on the day KU played UNC. I hope you choke on that old dead crow.

April 10, 2008 at 1:11 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

KEITHMILES05 (anonymous) says...

Absolutely HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE reporting by this paper last Saturday. You should personally apologize to Brandon. This guy has done nothing to you or the community to be treated so underhanded.

April 10, 2008 at 2:44 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

crooner (anonymous) says...

Kudos for at least admitting you were wrong. Somehow, though, my gut tells me that LJW didn't double-check themselves and come up with htese findings. Someone else had to correct them in order issue this, I imagine.

Take care, Brandon.

April 10, 2008 at 5:01 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

thebashman (anonymous) says...

someone needs to be fired at the Urinal World, this is getting out of hand

ever since keegan took over this paper has gone down hill, and over the last few months this paper has easily done more harm than good, which should lead to someone losing their job

if anything the journal world is tying too hard to get the first scoop that they are basically taking anything someone says and making it a story without merit.

unacceptable

April 10, 2008 at 5:19 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

Chiliskate (anonymous) says...

you know, there is a pretty good journalism school right up the hill from the Journal world offices... maybe a couple of the people who worked on this story should take a little walk up there and sit in on some lectures regarding reporting and fact confirmation....

April 10, 2008 at 5:39 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

cklarock (anonymous) says...

Let me just join in on the kicking. A lot of us were upset that you would dredge the muck up on the eve of the Final Four, and here it turns out that it wasn't even true.

I wish I could suck at my job this bad and still have it.

April 10, 2008 at 6:17 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

HousJHawk (anonymous) says...

Yeah, I know all of this has already been said, but I'm appalled.

Apparently, LJW wanted to bash Rush on the day of the UNC game so badly that someone wrote an inaccurate article and did not take the time to double check the facts.

Amazing!

Did anyone at the LJW even attempt to call Brandon and get his input on the article BEFORE it was printed?? I doubt it.

Has anyone at the LJW, and I mean anyone, even considered the possibility that to be a good reporter one should double check the so-called facts of the article?

Sloppy, sloppy work. This must be embarassing for the LJW.

April 10, 2008 at 6:48 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

kcphantom (anonymous) says...

"Rush story contained some inaccuracies" - It sounds more like it didn't contain ANY accuracies.

And the timing.... what the heck? Ever hear of sitting on a story for a couple days?

April 10, 2008 at 6:55 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

yates33333 (anonymous) says...

They can't be, to be embarrassed you need to be at least semi-intelligent. I often wonder whose side they are on.

April 10, 2008 at 7:07 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

skearney4 (anonymous) says...

Wow, Mangino to West Va, now this. The reporting at this paper is top notch. Kudos.

April 10, 2008 at 7:14 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

jayhawkinatl (anonymous) says...

Who really cares?!?!

WE'RE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!!

April 10, 2008 at 7:17 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

dbenton6 (anonymous) says...

I don't really care about who did what and where and when. It really sucks that they did this on the day before the UNC game and came out with a revision after the season was over. They only thing I would like to see, is that paper needs to buy space in the surrounding papers and print an apology (and not bury it somewhere people can't even find it. The last time I checked, Brandon has done nothing to these people to be falsely accused of this untrue crap. If I were Brandon, I would check into a civil suite for deflamation of charactor.

April 10, 2008 at 8:09 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

txrockchalk (anonymous) says...

Agreed. They owe Brandon an apology for this and the trash piece Bill Mayer wrote last year following his injury.

http://www2.kusports.com/news/2007/ju...

I find it odd we haven't heard from Mr. Mayer since winning the National Championship...

April 10, 2008 at 8:22 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

brandon_walsh (anonymous) says...

No MU fan here, they blow ass as well. I prefer to live in a state with actual features other than corn. Can any of you even comprehend the fact that there are people other than MU fans out there that dislike Kansas? Like every other state in the union? Kansas a true compilation of no talent ass clowns...as close as the US gets to Siberia.

April 10, 2008 at 8:26 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

brandon_walsh (anonymous) says...

and LAJayhawk5 invited me to engage in homosexual behavior with him. He hasent even bought me dinner yet? Im not a whore like his mother.

April 10, 2008 at 8:27 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

kevell1 (anonymous) says...

Tippy top

April 10, 2008 at 8:43 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

patton6 (anonymous) says...

After Monday, there's nothing quite so gratifying as reading a Brandon Walsh comment filled with bitter jealousy. (Was this even promted in any way or is he just that ignorant? I'm leaning toward the latter.)

As for the reporting here, very disappointing LJW. I understand mistakes are going to be made, but don't print an article on the day of (at the time) the biggest game of a guy's life that has no sustainable validity.

April 10, 2008 at 8:50 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

coupar (anonymous) says...

Would it not have been appropriate to include a phrase such as "The LJW deeply regrets this error"??????????

April 10, 2008 at 8:52 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

pleiker (anonymous) says...

This just in:
Bill Self close on a deal to take over as head coach at West Virginia. You heard it here first.

April 10, 2008 at 9:03 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

WilburNether (anonymous) says...

I'm not at all surprised that the most pathetic excuse for a newspaper in this state would get a story wrong, and then fail to apologize. Newspaper people are arrogant, disgusting creatures.

April 10, 2008 at 9:20 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

dgspurgin (anonymous) says...

I like how this "apology" basically comes off like this....

"Yeah... we were wrong but there were some pretty good reasons we were wrong. Anyone would have made the same mistake. So basically... we didn't really do anything wong here.

(pause)

"But yeah... we apologize "

(under breath:) "Kinda"

April 10, 2008 at 9:30 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

KUbsee69 (anonymous) says...

"We're never wrong, but in this case we were a little shy on being right" ... LJW

Also, can't we get somebody at Kusports.com to to notice the obvious KU haters (i.e. Brandon_Walsh, soobawls) and block their posts?

April 10, 2008 at 9:38 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

Tbird_KU (anonymous) says...

LJWorld, WHAT THE DUECE MAN!!

April 10, 2008 at 9:38 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

quigley (anonymous) says...

And again, just like the original article, no one had the balls to claim it. It must have just written itself. Amazing!!!

April 10, 2008 at 10:16 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

eastTXjayhawk (anonymous) says...

I'm surprised this made it under "the Latest" and they didn't hide it under a heading from a couple days ago, where no one would see it.

Amazingly the Talib story about smoking a doob credits a credible NFL website...why did they bother with that?, i'm sure they could've made up a much better story and mentioned in a day or two it may have had some "inaccuracies."

Oh well, we are the National Champions, it still hasn't sunk in...I wonder what Julian is thinking? the Hornets are improved, but I don't see them winning the NBA title.

April 10, 2008 at 10:21 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

dannyxo (anonymous) says...

I agree with txrockchalk. I still think about that stupid Mayer article today.

It is bad journalism to cover stuff up if you have a team full of thugs. It is just pure hatred or envy or greed that keeps trying to destroy these kids at all the wrong times for them and the best time for the paper.

I would never pay a dime to read this crap. Maybe the fans should start boycotting their online advertisers and the JW would stop trashing the same people that create their jobs.

April 10, 2008 at 10:43 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

phogphan (anonymous) says...

Right on par with the national enquirer. Spot on. Great sensationalism you underachieving degenerates. This is way over the top, even for you libelous scum. I enjoy the informative reads from Wood and Bedore, but whoever ran with this should feel utterly ashamed. One of you should take the heat for this, and clear the names of the rest of your staff because right now no one at this publication holds an ounce of credibility within your profession or the public's image.

April 10, 2008 at 10:50 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

tester (anonymous) says...

The retraction says that the court contact couldn't verify the information.... SO THEY RAN WITH IT!??? YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!! Can someone explain why media outlets think "breaking a story" is more important than reporting the truth?

April 10, 2008 at 11:24 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

ohioburg (anonymous) says...

Notice the lack of a byline.

April 10, 2008 at 11:31 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

bykcin (anonymous) says...

I'm glad articles are available to read online, because if I had paid to subscribe to this I would be downtown in a heartbeat, demanding my money back. What an irresponisble (and cowardly, for not claiming whose mistake) bunch of garbage. Did you not go to journalism school? Do you have any ethics? Be adults and apologize.

April 10, 2008 at 11:35 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

milehighhawk (anonymous) says...

I gave you an earful when the article first came out.

NOW IT TURNS OUT THAT IT IS A FABRICATION???

Wow.

April 10, 2008 at 11:59 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

ekb4ku (anonymous) says...

I live in Mulvane and read your paper every day on the Internet to keep up with my Hawks. When I first read the article regarding Brandon, I wondered why on earth anyone would publish that during the Final Four. After reading your article today, I wonder if I can believe anything written in your paper. What an utter disappointment! And what unprofessional journalism!

April 10, 2008 at 12:09 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

coupar (anonymous) says...

As a loyal Jayhawk fan and daily visitor to this website, I demand an appology to Rush! This article is worse than the first. The LJW did not take any responsibility for its original mistake, and simply blamed the error on not being able to verify due to an office being locked. I seriously doubt if the LJW reads any of these posts, but just in case, be sure that many are very dissapointed in the hometown paper, and have lost much respect in your reporting. I'm glad I don't pay for a subscription.

April 10, 2008 at 12:20 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

bobsarobot (anonymous) says...

i don't understand why the ljw has a dislike of certain KU players. nor do i understand why they use what is supposed to be a newspaper to air their dislikes in thinly veiled attacks. read bill mayer story linked in an above post, way to attack a guy who never did anything selfish in his time at KU. so many of these writers don't know about basketball as a game and can't break down what a team's system is or what KU will try to do to defend or score on them so the writers resort to soap opera stories. when the soap opera storyline is not immediately available they search their addled brains for more imaginary (i mean creative) story lines to publish.

April 10, 2008 at 12:28 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

Strikewso (anonymous) says...

The story contained "some inaccuracies?" Sounds like the entire premise of the story was wrong since the case had been dismissed.

Horrible that they printed that right before the big game. Thankfully ESPN and CBS didn't focus on it or even mention it.

April 10, 2008 at 1:24 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

Strikewso (anonymous) says...

I doubt we would have won with Julian. He changes the team so much, there's no way to tell what would have happened. Chances are he would have been in there turning the ball over at some key tourney moment and we would be where we were last year.

April 10, 2008 at 1:27 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

Krohnutz (anonymous) says...

That dude Brandon Walsh, I lol'd at his face all day. "From some other state" with features other than corn. Congratulations, you aren't from Iowa. Calipari needs to stop making fake names and posting on a KU sponsored website.

April 10, 2008 at 1:36 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

kickazzkurtz (anonymous) says...

hey brandon walsh, did ever dawn on you that people outside of Missouri and Kansas hate MU? Thats why we were picked for the Orange Bowl, no one in Florida like Missouri either.

April 10, 2008 at 1:57 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

siliconhybrid (anonymous) says...

LJW... YOU SHOULD FORMALLY APOLOGIZE TO BRANDON!!!

Lack of professionalism in your journalistic effort.

Are you still rooting for ROY & his UNC cronies, that you want to spoil KU's championship run?

Someone needs to clean up the LJW sport writers/editors, starting with the FRAUD BEDORE who always steals stories from other sites.

April 10, 2008 at 2:01 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

kc_wildfire (anonymous) says...

Got to love it!

All of you bitch and moan how terrible the LJW is yet here you are day after day coming to their website. I'm pretty certain there are other KU message boards you could go and post on.

April 10, 2008 at 2:24 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

CasperCorps (anonymous) says...

Ah journalism at its best.. Thats what happens when you have liberals teaching in our universities.. Teaching journalists they can say whatever they want and if it hurts someones rep, oh well..

April 10, 2008 at 2:53 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

areyouserious (anonymous) says...

D-bags!!!!!!!!!!!!

April 10, 2008 at 3:01 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

APDJayhawk (anonymous) says...

Sooo, should we assume there wont be a 4:30pm news conference since it was reported by this lame newspaper?

April 10, 2008 at 3:22 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

mr_lawrence (anonymous) says...

terrible journalism!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

April 10, 2008 at 5:10 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

JBurtin (anonymous) says...

CasperCorps is right, it must be all the those damn liberals.

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I figured anyone who would use the word liberal as an insult probably needs to look up the word. You might want to lay off the Limbaugh for a while.

April 11, 2008 at 1:38 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

CasperCorps (anonymous) says...

Limbaugh for president

April 11, 2008 at 2:17 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

jwliddell (anonymous) says...

APDJayhawk should never be allowed to post on these boards, ever. i was just sitting back thinking about all the negative posts from last year, how KU will never win in the post season, and how he scoffed at everyone jumping on the Bill Self train. Well choo-choo, Douche Bag, this train comes with NC hardware.

May 14, 2008 at 9:52 a.m. ( | suggest removal )