Category Archives: Media

Tip line story picking up steam

March 19, 2009 – 10:52 am

As you might imagine, some city officials are upset about Phillip M. Bailey’s story “Whistleblowers blocked?“, in this week’s LEO. One of them, city auditor Mike Norman, is claiming he was misquoted in Bailey’s story. Of course, we have all the info to back up Norman’s quotes, as well as the context he gave us [...]

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The rotting dead tree media

January 9, 2009 – 11:00 am

Before the recession, the media industry already was experiencing turbulence. With old business models failing, some believe the end of daily print media is looming, while wishful thinkers predict that death won’t happen until years in the future. The Atlantic has a really good piece on the end, which may be closer than anticipated.
From The Atlantic:
“The [...]

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Lunchbox: Leadership wanted

December 4, 2008 – 12:01 pm

M.C. hammers: At last night’s Budget Committee meeting, Metro Council Republicans criticized the mayor for not giving the legislative body a larger role in finding ways to fix a $20 million hole in the city’s budget. Words like “contempt,” “fumbling” and “impulsive” were thrown around. It’s true the mayor’s office doesn’t go out of its [...]

By pbailey | Also posted in Barack Obama, Louisville, Mayor Abramson, Metro Council, economy, journalism, public art | Comments (0)

Guillotine day at the C-J

December 2, 2008 – 4:26 pm

As we all sit braced for the impending sweep of layoffs this week at The Courier-Journal, a little intel is seeping out. According to a source inside, those who accepted the voluntary buyout offer — same as the layoff package, a week’s pay for every year worked — are being let go today. We’re also [...]

By sgeorge | Also posted in economy | Comments (3)

Lunchbox: G.I. who?

November 11, 2008 – 12:00 pm

Playing in Poop: Boy it got ugly in Southwest Louisville last night. Nearly 200 residents came out to give MSD executive director Bud Schardein an earful. The issue is the new drainage system in Metro Louisville, which many in the southwest believe sewage from the East End will be dumped in their part of the city. The sewer [...]

By pbailey | Also posted in Louisville, Obama, journalism, war | Comments (0)

Lunchbox: Get yr green on

November 10, 2008 – 12:00 pm

Bluegrass going green: Gov. Beshear’s office announced this morning that the state has joined The Climate Registry, a nonprofit group trying to normalize the measuring of greenhouse gases. According to the agreement, which Page One has here, the state will help develop a common method for measuring the harmful emissions and submit KY’s emissions regularly [...]

By sgeorge | Also posted in Barack Obama, Gov. Beshear, Kentucky, economy, election, energy crisis | Comments (3)

Oh Boel!

October 20, 2008 – 4:40 pm

What’s more embarrassing — having your mugshot broadcast for being arrested for driving under the influence or having your own news organization report it?
WLKY-32 reports that while driving on Interstate 64 in Shelby County, WLKY-32 news anchor and investigative reporter John Boel was pulled over and later charged with DUI on Sunday. He was also charged [...]

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Addendum to C-J story on murder-suicide

October 7, 2008 – 7:24 pm

In reading this morning’s Courier-Journal story about an apparent murder-suicide in which police say a Fairdale mother killed her two young daughters and then herself yesterday, I was perplexed by a photo than ran alongside the article online.

The photo — showing the mother, Hope Orwick, alongside her husband, Chris, and one of their daughters — [...]

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Tina Ward-Pugh speaks!

June 6, 2008 – 5:30 pm

Louisville Metro Councilwoman Tina Ward-Pugh sure took a lot of heat from the blogs yesterday for her comments during an interview with WHAS-11’s Joe Arnold.
From WHAS-11:
Metro Council member Tina Ward-Pugh says she’s not convinced that Obama has what it takes to be president… Ward-Pugh says she wonders what the nine weeks between now and the [...]

By FatLip | Also posted in Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Louisville, Metro Council | Comments (0)

Get O’Reilly a cigarette

May 13, 2008 – 3:01 pm

Bill O’Reilly (with hair) back when he hosted Inside Edition. He blows a gasket over a busted teleprompter. Wow! Makes you wonder if Louisville has any local TV hotheads, maybe LEO ought to make an open records request.
(pb)

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