by Wiseguy » Thu Sep 19, 2024 1:01 pm
scott22 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 11:45 am
Wiseguy ,
Can you at least acknowledge I was out in front of this NYC/Merlino story when NOBODY else was and people like you were (continue) to slander me ?
At least give me credit for telling everyone the most compelling/historically consequential LCN story of the past two and a half decades 8 whole months before your boy Capeci did who you and others are praising.
Can we just agree this was MY scoop from the jump or will you and your crew of arm chair experts just conveniently forget that part ?
Scott
I'll always give credit where it's due. I've done that in the past with you and your Leonetti book which I thought was great. I don't recall your reporting on Merlino being shelved/Borgesi taking over, but if that was the case, then I'll give you credit for the "scoop."
The issue is, with a lot of your reporting - and I say this keeping in mind how difficult reporting on a criminal organization would be - comes down to what is the rule and what is the exception. Speaking of Capeci, when he gets something wrong and has to do a retraction, people tend to be surprised because it's rather unusual for him. It's the exception, even in the more recent years when he's been "phoning it in" a lot. With much of your reporting, it's the other way around. You report something, and it ends up being right, and people are genuinely surprised. Getting it right is the exception.
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Wiseguy ,
Can you at least acknowledge I was out in front of this NYC/Merlino story when NOBODY else was and people like you were (continue) to slander me ?
At least give me credit for telling everyone the most compelling/historically consequential LCN story of the past two and a half decades 8 whole months before your boy Capeci did who you and others are praising.
Can we just agree this was MY scoop from the jump or will you and your crew of arm chair experts just conveniently forget that part ?
Scott
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I'll always give credit where it's due. I've done that in the past with you and your Leonetti book which I thought was great. I don't recall your reporting on Merlino being shelved/Borgesi taking over, but if that was the case, then I'll give you credit for the "scoop."
The issue is, with a lot of your reporting - and I say this keeping in mind how difficult reporting on a criminal organization would be - comes down to what is the rule and what is the exception. Speaking of Capeci, when he gets something wrong and has to do a retraction, people tend to be surprised because it's rather unusual for him. It's the exception, even in the more recent years when he's been "phoning it in" a lot. With much of your reporting, it's the other way around. You report something, and it ends up being right, and people are genuinely surprised. Getting it right is the exception.