they took tague s class last year, they said he did the same thing with them. he starts the class and tells everybody close your laptops, he has something to tell us and then he says that there s we re all going to find out tomorrow that john roberts is retiring. did you suspect anything? it did seem a bit strange, but on the other hand, professor tague has sort of a courtroom voice. he s got a very serious manner. and i was inclined to believe what he said at first. reporter: but these three say no one in their class sent the information out and quickly realized it was game playing. it just seemed very unlikely that a law professor even if he had this knowledge would impart that kind of knowledge to a whole massive bunch of students, 120 odd students in the classroom. mr. professor tague use this message in the future? we repeatedly called and looked for him at the law center. the law school would not comment. brian todd, cnn, washington.
roberts is retiring. reporter: did you suspect anything? it did seem strange, but professor teague has a courtroom voice, and very serious manner, and i was inclined to believe what he said in first. reporter: but these three said nobody in their class sent the information out and quickly realized it is game playing. it seemed unlikely that a law professor even if he had that knowledge would impart that knowledge to a massive bunch of students. 120-some-odd students in the classroom. howard kirtz says all media is susceptible to this, and it is a cautionary tale. every media has to be careful of trumpeting and acting as a echo chamber. will the professor continue the use this method in the future? we never reached him, and that is maybe because the law school started the spring break today, but maybe not. the law school would not comment