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and they interviewed all 188 female employees who "denied" sayingthe NFL received the video . . . well, case closed. And the AP won't help. Burn the tapes. Nothing to see here.
We know the Pats didn't record the Rams walk-through because they denied it. Fine, fair enough. Burn the tapes.
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Mueller Report finds “no evidence” NFL received or saw Rice video before its release
Posted by Mike Wilkening on January 8, 2015, 2:06 PM EST
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The independent report commissioned by the NFL in the wake of the Ray Rice scandal has found the league did not see or possess the infamous video of Rice striking his then-fiancee before its widespread release in September.
Moreover, the Mueller Report, which was overseen by former FBI director Robert S. Mueller III, claims its investigation “found no evidence” someone at the league office had confirmed receiving the video, as The Associated Press had reported.
Wrote Mueller: “(Despite) extensive investigation, we have found no evidence that anyone at the League received or viewed the in-elevator video prior to its public release. Likewise, we have found no evidence of a woman at the League acknowledging receipt of that video in a voicemail message left on April 9, 2014.”
Check back at PFT throughout for the rest of the day for more analysis of this story.
Mueller investigation’s search for “female voice” in AP story turns up empty
Posted by Mike Wilkening on January 8, 2015, 3:09 PM EST
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In The Associated Press’ September story claimingsomeone from the league office had called an unnamed law enforcement official on April 9 to confirm the league had received video of ex-Ravens tailback Ray Rice hitting his now-wife, a “female voice” was purported to say of the video: “You’re right. It’s terrible.”
In its findings released Thursday, the Mueller Report claims it interviewed “every female employee, contractor, vendor, or intern whose electronic badge recorded that she was in the League’s main office on April 9″ but found that every woman — 188 in total — “denied” calling the AP’s source and leaving the voicemail message allegedly played for the news organization.
Moreover, all 188 interviewed denied “even hearing a rumor that an in-elevator video of the Rice incident had been received,” per the report.
The report, in its investigative findings, said it discovered “no evidence that such a call was made” from the league office.
According to the report, The Associated Press declined to assist the Mueller investigation.
Wrote Mueller: “(We) were unable to obtain from the Associated Press information that would have helped identify a female caller who reportedly left a voicemail acknowledging receipt of the in-elevator video.
“We respect that the news media has a longstanding and well-founded policy of protecting the confidentiality of its sources, and we did not expect the Associated Press to identify its source.
“We did, however, ask for the phone number of the law-enforcement source’s disposable cellphone and access to the voicemail message reportedly left by the female caller. The Associated Press declined.
“We also offered the Associated Press an opportunity to search our telephone data for any portion of the source’s disposable cellphone number. The Associated Press declined that offer as well.”
In a story published by the wire service Friday, AP executive editor Kathleen Carroll said the news organization had “reviewed the report and stand by our original reporting.”
Carroll also confirmed the AP had declined to provide “source material.”
Said Carroll, per the AP: “Everything that we report and confirm goes into our stories. We do not offer up reporters’ notes and sources.”
We know the Pats didn't record the Rams walk-through because they denied it. Fine, fair enough. Burn the tapes.
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Mueller Report finds “no evidence” NFL received or saw Rice video before its release
Posted by Mike Wilkening on January 8, 2015, 2:06 PM EST
The independent report commissioned by the NFL in the wake of the Ray Rice scandal has found the league did not see or possess the infamous video of Rice striking his then-fiancee before its widespread release in September.
Moreover, the Mueller Report, which was overseen by former FBI director Robert S. Mueller III, claims its investigation “found no evidence” someone at the league office had confirmed receiving the video, as The Associated Press had reported.
Wrote Mueller: “(Despite) extensive investigation, we have found no evidence that anyone at the League received or viewed the in-elevator video prior to its public release. Likewise, we have found no evidence of a woman at the League acknowledging receipt of that video in a voicemail message left on April 9, 2014.”
Check back at PFT throughout for the rest of the day for more analysis of this story.
Mueller investigation’s search for “female voice” in AP story turns up empty
Posted by Mike Wilkening on January 8, 2015, 3:09 PM EST
In The Associated Press’ September story claimingsomeone from the league office had called an unnamed law enforcement official on April 9 to confirm the league had received video of ex-Ravens tailback Ray Rice hitting his now-wife, a “female voice” was purported to say of the video: “You’re right. It’s terrible.”
In its findings released Thursday, the Mueller Report claims it interviewed “every female employee, contractor, vendor, or intern whose electronic badge recorded that she was in the League’s main office on April 9″ but found that every woman — 188 in total — “denied” calling the AP’s source and leaving the voicemail message allegedly played for the news organization.
Moreover, all 188 interviewed denied “even hearing a rumor that an in-elevator video of the Rice incident had been received,” per the report.
The report, in its investigative findings, said it discovered “no evidence that such a call was made” from the league office.
According to the report, The Associated Press declined to assist the Mueller investigation.
Wrote Mueller: “(We) were unable to obtain from the Associated Press information that would have helped identify a female caller who reportedly left a voicemail acknowledging receipt of the in-elevator video.
“We respect that the news media has a longstanding and well-founded policy of protecting the confidentiality of its sources, and we did not expect the Associated Press to identify its source.
“We did, however, ask for the phone number of the law-enforcement source’s disposable cellphone and access to the voicemail message reportedly left by the female caller. The Associated Press declined.
“We also offered the Associated Press an opportunity to search our telephone data for any portion of the source’s disposable cellphone number. The Associated Press declined that offer as well.”
In a story published by the wire service Friday, AP executive editor Kathleen Carroll said the news organization had “reviewed the report and stand by our original reporting.”
Carroll also confirmed the AP had declined to provide “source material.”
Said Carroll, per the AP: “Everything that we report and confirm goes into our stories. We do not offer up reporters’ notes and sources.”
