Albert Pujols met with the media for the first time since December and has told them how frustrated he is with the sloppy reporting linking his name with steroids. Pujols particularly expressed his frustration to the St. Louis Fox TV affiliate by asking a crew it had sent to his news conference to leave the room. And he has every right to do so to express himself. At least the rest of the media in the market and some national outlets picked up on the story.
As background, a New York media outlet reported Pujol's name was in the Mitchell report. Then KTVI in St. Louis aired the story without checking the facts. As a result it made a mistake a first year journalism student wouldn't make. It ran pure unadulterated gossip. There is no excuse for this.
Pujols says he will forgive them. Pujols is a class act and realizes there's nothing he can do. But, in the meantime, the person or persons at KTVI responsible for airing the gossip continue on their merry way of irresponsible, shoddy journalism.
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