WaPo Columnist Mike Wise Gets One Month Suspension For Twitter Hoax

Washington Post sports columnist Mike Wise is being suspended for one month for yesterday’s hoax tweet about Pittsburgh Steelers’ Ben Roethlisberger.

ProFootballTalk writer Mike Florio heard Wise on his daily radio show this morning, reading a statement that said he “made a horrendous mistake,” and that it “cost me a chunk of [my] own credibility.” He also said that the Post had placed him on a one-month suspension.

Wise yesterday tweeted that suspended football player Roethlisberger would be out for five games, adding “I’m told” to the end of his tweet.

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