Reporter quits after Parsons calls him out for false injury report
Well, this is taking accountability to a new level.
An NBA reporter at Spanish media outlet Sportando reported Monday that Memphis Grizzlies forward Chandler Parsons - who's been sidelined for the past 10 games with a left knee injury - was expected to undergo surgery, and possibly miss the rest of the season.
After the since-deleted story began to circulate, Parsons quickly took to Twitter to shoot the report down.
This isn't true. Get your facts straight. https://t.co/pbZbwDQX4Q
— Chandler Parsons (@ChandlerParsons) December 6, 2016
Shortly after that, Sportando pulled the story, issued an apology, and, most surprisingly, announced that the reporter who'd written it would no longer be working for them.
You follow stories and sometimes you make mistakes. We want to apologize to @ChandlerParsons for the wrong information.
— Sportando (@Sportando) December 6, 2016
Our reporter @paxer89 had a source about Parsons' injury that didn't end up was correct about it. He's stepping down from his position.
— Sportando (@Sportando) December 6, 2016
The reporter with the bad information later confirmed he was leaving Sportando, and insisted he was doing so of his own volition.
I'm leaving Sportando on my own will. I made a huge mistake, the only thing that I can do is taking responsibility for my own bad work.
— 'The Process' (@paxer89) December 6, 2016
Credibility is a key, tonight with my mistake I forced the website to lose a lot of it. That's why I'm leaving, it's the right call.
— 'The Process' (@paxer89) December 6, 2016
Credit the reporter for owning up to his mistake, but quitting his job over it might be taking things a bit far.
In any event, Grizzlies fans should be happy to know that Parsons' rehab, according to more credible sources, is actually progressing as expected.