Junction

Clinton wasn't impeached.

Correct.

Pat Forde was actually a pretty good writer when he was with the Courier Journal. He writes A LOT of material, hence why ESPN stole him away from Gannett's Louisville Courier Journal several years ago. The problem with Forde is that he writes so much material, that he doesn't have time to fact check everything that he puts out there anymore. Also, I've noticed that since he's been at ESPN, he's become more provocative in trying to stir people up.

He's a tad arrogant and a little vain too. We used to eat at a Moe's that is next to a gym in the eastern part of Louisville. Forde would often eat at Moe's after he would workout, and he would come in there with every hair in place and with the tank top on so everyone could check out "the guns".....hilarious to watch someone that loves themselves as much as he obviously does.

He also had a serious impartiality lapse in that he turned in the Univ. of Louisville for a recruiting violation: see his explanation, below (and link), that led to a suspension of writing duties from the Louisville Courier Journal.

"Title: Re: Role models in this biz
Post by: Pat_Forde on November 14, 2007, 06:15:23 PM
I appreciate the kind words from some folks on this thread. It really is nice to hear.

As for the less kind: I like dealing in truth, which is why I only post under my name. So let's cut the bullshit "rumors" reference to what happened with me 10 years ago at The C-J. Here's the deal, if I can condense a pretty complex issue to a few sentences:

Over a period of years, the newspaper was investigating major NCAA violations within the University of Louisville basketball program. I had helped out in the investigation, which ended with the program going on probation. Then we got word of some additional violations and the story was handed off to our excellent investigative staff. They worked the heck out of it and produced some good stuff, but couldn't nail down all the information. Some of that information was passed on directly to me. I, in turn, passed it along to our investigative folks -- and when some of it could not be verified, I passed it along to an NCAA source I had known to see if it was true. Hoping that it would come back to us and we'd get the story. Instead, the NCAA presented it to the university and said it came from me, which the university then took to the paper.

So I violated a serious tenet about taking in-house information out of house. Got suspended for two weeks and did not write a column for a few months. Some co-workers thought the punishment too severe, some thought it not severe enough. I had no problem with the decision and thought I was dealt with fairly by the executive editor, Bennie Ivory. It was a difficult time, including receiving death threats on my kids, by name, in un-stamped envelopes in my home mailbox. But I learned from it and got through it with the help of very supportive peers and superiors at The C-J. In the 10 years on the job before and 10 years after I have never again had my ethics called into question.

I don't know what "rumors" you've heard, but those are the facts."