I’m mainstream media. If a team confirms a sponsor, a driver hiring, a rule change, but says they can’t be quoted and must be a source, AM I LYING? Is every Stern bomb a lie? Is Pockrass lying in the info he gives Fox pit reporters?
Because if mainstream media @bobpockrass learns things from a source and passes it on to be reported on air, and it is repeated by a colleague, is everyone lying? Did anyone DO THEIR OWN HOMEWORK?
Journalism ethics lesson: Reputable organizations must have their sources vetted by management. At AP, a source is only approved if the person has direct knowledge of the situation. ie ... they were part of conversation, involved in decision, it directly involves them, etc
More #Indy500 details:
-- Central Indiana TV blackout lifted
-- All concerts, VIP Red Carpet, Last Row Party, Legends Day and 500 Festival Parade canceled
-- 500 Festival programming transitioning to digital platforms
-- Pit stop competition on Carb Day will still happen
Also canceled for #Indy500: Infield Camping: Glamping, Tiny Houses
• IMS Fan Midway and Sponsor
Activations
• Autograph Sessions and Meet & Greets
• FanVision/Racing Electronics Rentals
• Seat Back Rentals
• Armed For
“The noose was real,” said Steve Phelps. “As was our concern for Bubba.”
To recap (my numbers in earlier tweets are not correct.)
-- At 29 tracks with 1,684 garage stalls, only 11 had a garage door pull-down rope tied in a knot.
-- Below is the only 1 fashioned in a noose
New Talladega garages first used Oct., 2019 race. Garages were not used again until Sunday.
-- Garage stalls are assigned based on points. Wallace randomly got that stall.
-- It is the only knot fashioned that way in any stall of all NASCAR's tracks.
-- NASCAR does not know how this 1 rope out of 1,684 others was tied like that, or by whom. Unsure why no one found it odd last October race weeked.
"We will mandate that all members of our industry complete sensitivity and unconscious bias training."