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Tag Archive 'ethics in journalism'

WJHL Can Haz Democrats

Yesterday Neal Boling, News Director for WJHL-TV News Channel 11, sent a response to my inquiry about the three minute “Free Time” segments for Democratic Candidates in the the 1st congressional district.

According to Boling, letters were sent out inviting local Democrats (Russell and Donihe) to the station on Tuesday to record [...]

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Remember how I said if Gray Sasser thought Democrats could make inroads in the 1st District, he must have a bad map? Well, I still believe that – but I also think it’s important for you to know who helps keep the roads in this portion of the state painted a bright shade of [...]

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Headlines and Hooks

On WVLT yesterday, I read this headline: Middle Tennessee teens say alcohol came from lawmaker.
If you were scanning the website and spotted this, what would you think? For me, it conjured up an image of some perverted ol’ state lawmaker hanging out at the local beer joints for the purpose of purchasing beer for minors…  [...]

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