Joe's not sure whether to believe the report from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about Joey Galloway's chances to catch on with the Steelers

Joe has to take a major whack here at Steelers beat writer Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, who will hereby be known as “Dr. No Source.”

Today “Dr. No Source” reports that Joey Galloway, who visited the Steelers this week, has not been offered a contract by Pittsburgh but the Steelers might still be interested.

Of course, Dr. No Source doesn’t attribute this information to anyone in the Steelers’ organization.

Galloway, 37, and [Chris] Carr, 25, each visited the Steelers this week, and each left without an offer from the team. That does not mean the Steelers are not interested in the players; rather, they think there is no urgency to sign either Galloway or Carr, even at the expense of losing them to another team.

This is not the first time Dr. No Source has tossed out unattributed alleged facts, a major no-no in the journalism world where Joe once made a living. 

Heck, Dr. No Source did it earlier this week regarding Galloway again. That time he wrote how the Steelers want to “pursuade” Galloway to join the team and how the Steelers “are convinced” he “still has the speed to be a viable part of their offense.” 

Here’s the exact quote.

The Steelers are hoping to persuade Galloway he can be part of an opportunity to make another run at a Super Bowl championship. But they are convinced Galloway, who has been clocked at 4.3 in the 40-yard dash, still has the speed to be a viable part of their offense.

Joe finds this to be shameful, lazy and pathetic journalism. This is why people don’t trust what they read.

Put a source to your information, Dulac. That’s journalism 101. Joe does it every day. So can you.

Now Joe did call and e-mail Dr. No Source right after the first fuzzy Galloway story to get some more details. Not surprising that no response was forthcoming.