Rumor had it

Peter the Great's breezy post about the Chancellor stepping down stirred quite a flap behind the scenes in the local media yesterday, even flapping to this blog and back to his. But when the rumor was squelched Peter was undaunted. Is the School of Journalism getting this? The DE did:

From an article by Andrea Zimmermann, Plagiarism report to be released next week:

"Meanwhile, a report surfaced on a local blog Tuesday afternoon claiming a 'good source' said Wendler had resigned. The blog, which is maintained by local entrepreneur Peter Gregory, follows Carbondale and university news, and often contains comments and opinions of Gregory's that are largely against Wendler and his plans.

The post created a small stir. and both Wendler and Poshard denounced the claim as a rumor. Wendler would not speculate about the rumor's source.

"I have not resigned my position from the university," Wendler said Wednesday. "And that is it. There is nothing else to say."

Gregory could not be reached for comment about the blog posting."

Naturally, he comments in his blog about his notice in the DE, with a small correction and some advice.

He doesn't say who his source was. Should he have confirmed it before publishing? As a member of Bloggers Responsible for Change, that's what I would have done, but I'm a word writer, not a software engineer.

Meanwhile, a wag of the finger (guess which one) to SIUC News Service Director Sue Davis (the index) for failing to reply to my query. Sometimes I agree with Peter more than at other times.