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Originally Posted by Dave Reed
"Asked whether what Winters said had racial overtones, Meacham, who, like Bradley, is black, replied, “It smacked of that tone.”
I have trouble seeing this as anything other than Meachem expressing an impression, and it hardly qualifies as "lying."
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1. I would disagree. That statment by Meacham, to me, is that what Winter's said smacked of racial overtones. Compared to what he later said when he quoted what was said, that was a lie.
2. Unfortunately, often when ESPN and FOX update an ongoing story on their website. (indidated by the tag they put under the blyline, e.g. "updated 3 hours ago") they give the updated story the same URL as the original, thus the original is not saved to their site.
They were two of the outlets that reported that Meacham gave two references to race, the first being that Winters' comments were racial, the second being that Winter's comment could be taken as racial. Only after MLB got involved did both FOX and ESPN report that Meacham's story changed again so that there was no reference to race and instead he began giving the exact quote.
Additionally, the quote was reported on ESPN's Sports Center and Around The Horn.