tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post4874484400507767710..comments2023-10-07T05:29:20.923-07:00Comments on McClatchy Watch: N&O admits "Tar Heel of the Week" faces assault charge, doesn't tell readers whether Linda Williams tried to spike the story (updated)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-80260232404836700422009-04-30T22:31:00.000-07:002009-04-30T22:31:00.000-07:00Here is the answer to the unanswered question:
No....Here is the answer to the unanswered question:<br />No.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-59818402896682674522009-04-30T18:46:00.000-07:002009-04-30T18:46:00.000-07:00I wonder if they would consider it news if he had ...I wonder if they would consider it news if he had been accused of hitting her with a lacrosse stick or scaring her with an insect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-77067467270131440872009-04-30T17:46:00.000-07:002009-04-30T17:46:00.000-07:00Anon 3:33 WAY TOO FUNNY.
It was one of those s...Anon 3:33 WAY TOO FUNNY. <br /><br />It was one of those snorting, deep sinister laughs you got out of me. <br />Plus, it seems spot on!<br /> <br />Thank you!<br /><br />I think I have the new N & O model figured out this time. <br /><br />Front page drivel, 3 pages useless AP articles, 1 page biased news from the foreign correspondents, <br />10 pages biased Obooma oozing, <br />2 pages laughable editorials,<br />six pages corrections, <br />0 pages advertising, <br />0 pages of interest. <br />Price = Too much even if free.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-12370570086202413622009-04-30T16:59:00.000-07:002009-04-30T16:59:00.000-07:00“Or is this guy somehow different? Maybe because h...“Or is this guy somehow different? Maybe because he doesn't look like you?”<br />-------<br />Man, I am so tired of this racial shit already. The great unifier was a joke. The Obamist regime is like a millstone around our necks already. I have lost all interest in sports, they have become like teams of third world thugs. Doesn’t look like me? I sure as hell don’t want a wife beater looking like me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-23721385412423312062009-04-30T16:43:00.000-07:002009-04-30T16:43:00.000-07:00"Seems to me this guy hasn't been tried y..."Seems to me this guy hasn't been tried yet, he's just accused."<br />----<br />Even someone accused of violence of any kind, should not be singled out as a newspapers special award person. Later, if he is found guilty, the N&O praised a man that hits women. That’s great news to other wife beaters no doubt. Most men that would hit women or children is a coward, and I would doubt it is the first time either. For all his ethnic blather, he was raised by a white well- to-do family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-43336435714042462502009-04-30T15:56:00.000-07:002009-04-30T15:56:00.000-07:003:33, Seems to me this guy hasn't been tried yet, ...3:33, Seems to me this guy hasn't been tried yet, he's just accused.<br />I thought you guys were at least clear on one thing, that accusing someone, let's say for example, some lacrosse players, of abusing a woman doesn't mean they're guilty.<br />Or is this guy somehow different? Maybe because he doesn't look like you?<br />Sounds like a, um, rush to judgement there.<br /><br />And Altevogt, why should anyone believe anything you write, since it's a well-known fact that you are paid large sums to pedal political propaganda?<br />Probably more lucrative than the real estateAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-34368813570248422842009-04-30T15:33:00.000-07:002009-04-30T15:33:00.000-07:00Is the N & O’s reporting area so devoid of goo...Is the N & O’s reporting area so devoid of good people that they honor a man that abuses women? The moment that tip came in, the award should have been rescinded. No doubt squirrelly Linda tried to sweep it under the carpet, rather than concede to more poor reporting. <br /><br />I think I have the new N & O model figured out this time. <br />Front page drivel, 3 pages useless AP articles, 1 page biased news from the foreign correspondents, <br />10 pages biased Obooma oozing, <br />2 pages laughable editorials,<br />six pages corrections, <br />0 pages advertising, <br />0 pages of interest. <br />Price = Too much even if free.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-36765607086817624732009-04-30T15:19:00.000-07:002009-04-30T15:19:00.000-07:00RE: 11:17 AM, Clear Channel reductions.
Clear Cha...RE: 11:17 AM, Clear Channel reductions.<br /><br />Clear Channel is just purging their ethnically correct non-productive mandatory hires. <br />Buy the stock. Now they will become profitable again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-70738519455674070992009-04-30T13:02:00.000-07:002009-04-30T13:02:00.000-07:00I'll copy this to John Drescher directly but this ...I'll copy this to John Drescher directly but this might be faster --<br /><br />The question left hanging is whether Linda Williams had any interaction with the story, specifically if she told the reporters who received a tip from Mrs. Stephens about the charges not to do a follow-up, or expressed opposition to doing a follow-up, or questioned the news value of a follow-up which included the charge.JAThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16093146842739423564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-76025801744541296642009-04-30T12:40:00.000-07:002009-04-30T12:40:00.000-07:00I believe the tipster. How else could he have know...I believe the tipster. How else could he have known about Williams’ spiking the story? What would even give someone that thought? I have seen Williams in action, and she is a very poor at her job. Without AA-AA she would have been fired not promoted, after the Duke case.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-75868987817862375672009-04-30T11:38:00.000-07:002009-04-30T11:38:00.000-07:00They're going under because they're $2 billion in ...They're going under because they're $2 billion in debt from buying Knight-Ridder, not because of their journalistic practices - good or bad.<br /><br />---<br />Then you are confused. Seriously. Name another business that could remain a business with a marketing plan that included intentionally alienating 50% of their customer base. <br /><br />Are you really that stupid?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-71069775343428189842009-04-30T11:22:00.000-07:002009-04-30T11:22:00.000-07:00It's funny to see N&O people like 10:51 no...It's funny to see N&O people like 10:51 now saying that being named THOW isn't a big deal. The reporters hate doing them, the editors hate editing them and the photographers hate shooting them. But the bosses seem to think it's required for the N&O and talk about it like it is an honor. <br /><br />This paper is meeting its demise. Melanie isn't around to see it, but Linda and John are. As is Steve Merelman, the front page editor who has never been anything but rude when I've called with concerns or problems. It was after my last call to him that I cancelled the paper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-60292654543801014522009-04-30T11:17:00.000-07:002009-04-30T11:17:00.000-07:00Clear Channel announced that revenue plummeted 23 ...Clear Channel announced that revenue plummeted 23 percent in the first quarter and cash flow fell by 47 percent. <br /><br />On Wednesday, the company announced it was laying off 590 employees after cutting 1,850 employees in January, for an overall staff reduction of 12 percent since the acquisition.<br /><br />How can this be possible? Clear Channel is the home of conservative talk radio shows in city after city across the country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-80331699542566372062009-04-30T11:08:00.000-07:002009-04-30T11:08:00.000-07:0010:12:
I don't work for the N&O. Or any ot...10:12:<br />I don't work for the N&O. Or any other part of McClatchy. Never have.<br />And I'm not confused about why McClatchy is going out of business. They're going under because they're $2 billion in debt from buying Knight-Ridder, not because of their journalistic practices - good or bad.<br /><br />And I stand by what I said - domestic battery, as well as suicides, are not reported unless the person or people involved are known or prominent citizens or celebrities. Tar Heel of the Week is a community fluff piece, not a big honor. <br /><br />This was a non-story especially given the reduced staff available to cover important things relevant to the community let alone stupid crap like this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-32409350678971940702009-04-30T10:51:00.000-07:002009-04-30T10:51:00.000-07:00It ain't the Nobel Prize. It's furniture.It ain't the Nobel Prize. It's furniture.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-23115010774952294332009-04-30T10:29:00.000-07:002009-04-30T10:29:00.000-07:00Tar Heel of the Week is an "honor," acco...Tar Heel of the Week is an "honor," according to the N&O and the winners. I've seen it on people's resumes. To bring honor to someone who has (or has not, no trial has taken place yet) beaten his wife is wrong. There weren't any other people in the entire state who did something positive and aren't charged with CDV? Doubtful. But this feature has to rotate around, making sure sports, education, politics, etc., are featured as well as plenty of minorities.<br />Finally though, it appears John Drescher overpowered Linda. Shocking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-57128790260491970752009-04-30T10:12:00.000-07:002009-04-30T10:12:00.000-07:00Newspapers don't generally report...YOU WERE PERFE...Newspapers don't generally report...YOU WERE PERFECT UP TILL HERE.<br /><br />domestic battery charges and Tarheel of the Week is a lame fluff piece. This guy wasn't some kind of celebrity, so his arrest is a non-story. I'm confused about why anyone thinks this was a conspiracy to kill a story.<br /><br />CONFUSED? AS TO WHY YOUR GOING OUT OF BUSINESS?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-71907266049782975582009-04-30T10:03:00.000-07:002009-04-30T10:03:00.000-07:00Those liberals!Those liberals!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-74399543679135157802009-04-30T09:53:00.000-07:002009-04-30T09:53:00.000-07:00Newspapers don't generally report domestic battery...Newspapers don't generally report domestic battery charges and Tarheel of the Week is a lame fluff piece. This guy wasn't some kind of celebrity, so his arrest is a non-story. I'm confused about why anyone thinks this was a conspiracy to kill a story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-88210167618655234792009-04-30T09:51:00.000-07:002009-04-30T09:51:00.000-07:00thanks linda, er anom928thanks linda, er anom928Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-30852147050292381602009-04-30T09:35:00.000-07:002009-04-30T09:35:00.000-07:00N&O fluffing their pillow for a long and well ...N&O fluffing their pillow for a long and well deserved, “Dirt nap”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-38511810038122016302009-04-30T09:34:00.000-07:002009-04-30T09:34:00.000-07:00Very nice Get, McClatchy Watch! The 'watchdogs' n...Very nice Get, McClatchy Watch! The 'watchdogs' now have minders. They've been needing them for decades.<br /><br />Walter AbbottAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-28930856453588012532009-04-30T09:28:00.000-07:002009-04-30T09:28:00.000-07:00Your tipster has a rich fantasy life.Your tipster has a rich fantasy life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-78883316737723284042009-04-30T09:17:00.000-07:002009-04-30T09:17:00.000-07:00This is common at The Star. I've had reporters pa...This is common at The Star. I've had reporters pass tips along to me because they can't cover stuff. They haven't called and said "I can't cover this", but when I've called them they'll say "you should talk to ...) and give me the name of a source close to the action.<br /><br />In other cases, they just know they won't be allowed to cover it and start with the excuses.John Altevogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537336489001296295noreply@blogger.com