| Most fansites are unfortunately.
Jimmy Van prides himself on reporting newsworthy items from inside sources within the biz, but I still take everything thats said with a pinch of salt.
WWE themselves now acknowledge lots of news stories when they arent directly storyline related so newsboards kinda travel slow with information. The fact theres only really one major fed I guess has contributed to the fact that less 'news' makes it to us.
Dave Meltzer is respected only as a journalist that works on the inside of the biz. Hes still a journalist at the end of the day and its his professional integrity that is at stake if he chooses to print something untrue or puts spin on it that isnt the whole truth. Like Ida said, he still wants to grab headlines like any other journo. Him having contacts on the inside just means that wrestlers can use him as part of their hype machine.
Hart said it himself in the retort to Flair, a wrestler has to hype themselves to sell and get over, and thats what Meltzer is good for. |