Tony Paul of The Detroit News is not happy with his fellow columnist Mitch Albom of the Detroit Free Press following a column Albom recently wrote about Michigan State head coach Mel Tucker.
In his column, Albom referenced a quote from a “local news story” that “caught his eye.”
But, as Paul hurried to point out, Albom failed to attribute the media outlet from which he got the quote.
“When you use a quote that was given to another media outlet, you attribute that media outlet,” Paul tweeted. “Unless, of course, you’re Mitch Albom.”
Of course, Paul did not post a link (we assume purposely) to Albom’s column, which is pretty comical.
Look, does it sting to cite your chief competitor? Sure does. But you do what’s right (we had a beat writer cite the Freep earlier this week). Or, in Mitch’s case here, you simply don’t use the quote. It wasn’t critical for this column.
— Tony Paul | Detroit News (@TonyPaul1984) November 18, 2021
