Quote:He played the clip of Long saying Blackmon applied and was denied twice and tore into him about changing his story and not coming on the air to clear up the story. Apparently Long called into XL Prime Time but Dempsey's producer picked up and Long refused to talk to Dempsey.

Now Dempsey is going to put the segment on Twitter to clear his name from the Blackmon applied talk.

 

So, Long is ducking his calls?  Dempsey's tweet over the weekend is the main reason this thread exists to begin with.  I even had an exchange with him on Twitter asking if it was POSSIBLE that the report was incorrect, and that the reality is that Blackmon hasn't applied for reinstatement yet because he's not eligible to do so because of the incident in July of last year.  He did say that this was a distinct possibility, but didn't go so far as to question Long's initial report that nobody has substantiated.

 

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Scott from Wichita, KS:
Blackmon denied reinstatement?
 
 
John: This is a story that has been whispered on Twitter and recirculated on the Internet. There’s often a reason when stories aren’t reported as fact.
 

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That's the thing I've found curious about Mark Long's report.  He's the only guy who has said that Blackmon was denied.  Anyone else who reported it was citing his tweet.  It was never substantiated by any other outlet, including O'Halloran, who you'd think would be all over this because of his "love" for Blackmon.  I figured he'd be dancing all over this thing and he never really did. 

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