Unethical "Journalist" fired for breaking the news on the death of Johnny Gaudreau with out confirmation
The unprofessional journalist of the website 'FlyersNittyGritty' has been fired after pre-maturely breaking the story of the death of Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau with out any substantive sources.
It was a sad day for the entire hockey community as we lost 2 amazing young men, but it also taught us an important lesson on how dangerous social media can be. When Dylan H. Robillard broke the speculation, the internet went wild as they were no confirmed sources or reports on the matter. His "story" created a spiral of negativity, jokes and unprofessional behavior that should never be repeated. There is a right and a wrong way to conduct matters like this, and to try and be the "first one" to report a terrible story for clicks and attention is disgusting.
Some things just aren't worth being 'first' to report.
When it comes to the tragic death of an athlete, & to a lesser degree retirement from the game, just let the player/team/family release a statement & be the source to share that news.
You can have your story written and ready to release as soon as it becomes official.
There's literally nothing to gain from making that info public before it's appropriate.
The Flyers website has fired the journalist for his unprofessional and unsubstantial behavior.
Its incredibly Important to note that while Robillard ended up being right about his report, it's extremely harmful and not okay to drop a story about the death of a player without 100% confirmation from credible sources.
Our thoughts and prayers go out out the Gaudreau family.
Source: Blade of Steel
Unprofessional 'journalist' who broke Johnny Gaudreau story let go from job
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