Yesterday we launched the Golden B.S. Awards in honor of Page One’s second birthday (August 13th!). Ten lucky (unlucky?) winners will receive a fancy pile of golden b.s., pictured at left. And that’s where our great readers come in.
Which elected officials, public officials, candidates, reporters, public figures, et al are absolutely full of it? We need your input!
Each day for the next nine days we’ll announce a new award category for which you may submit an unlimited number of nominees. Yesterday’s category was Person Responsible for Legislation Requiring the Most Lubricant. Click here to nominate someone for yesterday’s category.
After all nominations are received for all announced categories, we’ll announce the winners and promptly send along golden piles of poo to recipients. So, please, let’s make this as scandalous and appropriate as possible.
Today’s category is:
Submit your nomination – along with your reasoning – in the comments. Keep it funny!
93 responses so far ↓
1 Shame, Shame, Shame // Jul 28, 2009 at 1:07 pm
Do station managers count? Bill Lamb makes me want to vomit every time he does a “Point of View”
2 E // Jul 28, 2009 at 1:23 pm
Even though I’m the ‘arch conservative Libertarian type’….
Hands down Anne Coulter!
3 JasonL // Jul 28, 2009 at 1:43 pm
any of the pea-brain special commenters in the Sunday CJ. Those folks are complete morons. That DeJuiro guys is a walking flesh wound
4 Steve Magruder (I, not D or R) // Jul 28, 2009 at 1:44 pm
WHAS reporter Chase Cain, for his over-the-top needling of Nina Moseley of Wayside Christian Mission. He was treating her as if she had done something criminal when at max it was just a hard-to-understand business decision. That stunk like poo!
5 Steve Bittenbender // Jul 28, 2009 at 2:12 pm
Not sure I’d call someone who lost his son to gun violence a “walking flesh wound.” Regardless of how I feel about his views.
6 le gardien de but // Jul 28, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Sean Hannity–the smug, self-righteous prig on FOX channel. on the local level–Bob Domine; I quit watching WAVE news years ago because of him. I do not know if he is even around anymore…
7 Curt Morrison // Jul 28, 2009 at 2:51 pm
WHAS 11′s Adam Walsler for their November ’08 story that portrayed Mexican and Latin American Immigrants as criminals that brought tremendous costs to Kentucky, without mentioning the benefits.
WHAS stopped short of an apology, committing to “hopefully come up with ways to better address some of these issues.”
8 jake // Jul 28, 2009 at 2:56 pm
I assumed it would go without saying, but, you’ve gotta be specific, folks, and include a name of someone actually IN KENTUCKY.
Just saying.
9 nkypolplayer // Jul 28, 2009 at 3:29 pm
Pat Crowley – he stopped being an investigative reporter a long time ago. All he ever does now is copy and paste from the CJ and the Herald. Enquirer stories of today are CJ stories from yesterday. Barf
10 Steve // Jul 28, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Thanks for that reminder, Jake. It’s just malicious to trash someone without explaining one’s rationale.
Poo doesn’t get any more stinky than hit-and-run, guerrilla-style poo.
As usual, I agree with Steve Magruder. The inquisition of Nina Moseley was highly presumptuous and unduly aggressive. I’ve already chronicled other, stylistic grievances — which I’ll have the mercy not to revisit.
Young reporters especially need to be mindful that the news is not about them — and that narcissists belong on a separate stage.
11 tf42 // Jul 28, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Kieth Runyon…..just for being a pompus ,entitled acting ass wipe.
12 chef // Jul 28, 2009 at 3:45 pm
The self serving Blogers at the Voice Newspaper, what a bunch of crap they write, mostly of themselves & how cool they are?
13 Bimbeau // Jul 28, 2009 at 3:51 pm
Marcus CArey and Martin Cothran for ‘Truth Justice and the AmericanWay” are tied. Everything they do requires lube, but when they are defending their little d politics – it’s just too frequing much.
14 Conservative // Jul 28, 2009 at 3:54 pm
Do retiring journalists count?
David Hawpe in a landslide. Despite his eastern Kentucky roots, he truly does not understand the Bluegrass state or its people or its traditions. In fact, he seems to revel in insulting us/them.
Honorable mention: Larry Dale Keeling, Joel Pett, and BettyWinstonMerleneBayeDavis. (Has anyone seen those two women in the same room together? I’m convinced they are two separate pen names for one person, their attitudes are so similar.)
Of course this crowd probably loves all those aforementioned so my nomination’s for naught.
15 jake // Jul 28, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Jesus, people! Read before commenting!
You have to be specific. The individual must be a reporter – not a blogger – and they must be in Kentucky.
It’s pretty simple.
David Hawpe isn’t a reporter – he’s a defender of the elite in Louisville.
Come on, people, be specific! It’s not tough. There are dozens of bad reporters in Kentucky. Dozens.
16 Conservative // Jul 28, 2009 at 4:26 pm
OK then, Andy Mead.
17 jake // Jul 28, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Andy Mead… because?
18 NotMarkNickolas // Jul 28, 2009 at 4:46 pm
Either Alan Cutler of his chasing down of Billy G or my man the Heb’es for being too out of shape to keep up.
19 AB // Jul 28, 2009 at 4:54 pm
I’d like to vote for Mindy Peterson of WHAS radio just because of the way she says “Miiiindy Peeeetersonnnnn”, but I’m not sure radio newsreaders count as reporters. So if not, can I vote for former damn good reporter Mark Hebert (the real one) for his move to the dark side as Jim Ramsey’s mouthpiece at UofL?
20 Pretty Patty // Jul 28, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Joe Arnold
21 jake // Jul 28, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Again, please read before commenting.
Gotta be specific.
22 Gabe Bullard // Jul 28, 2009 at 5:37 pm
Me, for this http://archive.wfpl.org/2009editrobotpromo.mp3
23 Laura Ellis // Jul 28, 2009 at 5:41 pm
I second the nomination of Gabe Bullard. Have you HEARD that robot promo?!
24 Derby City Espresso // Jul 28, 2009 at 5:59 pm
GABE BULLARD!!! THIRDS
25 Dan Canon // Jul 28, 2009 at 6:06 pm
I wholeheartedly third the nomination of Gabe Bullard, for the robot promo and his general villainous bumbling.
26 Bill // Jul 28, 2009 at 6:07 pm
I second, and third joe arnold, he is just annoying, looks like a cartoon character trying to act with his hands
27 jake // Jul 28, 2009 at 6:15 pm
So, other than personal character attacks, you’ve got nothing substantial to complain about?
In other news, I CANNOT believe no one has nominated Julie “Blue Glove/OMG My Hamster Died And I Made 800 Videos in Memorial” Tam.
28 jake // Jul 28, 2009 at 6:18 pm
Woops. Guess I just nominated her?
I hope she wins!
(Also, Mr. Cain should be nominated for the way he handled the plane crash at Blue Grass Airport. Wholly embarrassing.)
29 Marie Nichols Britt // Jul 28, 2009 at 6:19 pm
I second the suggestion of WHAS reporter Chase Cain, for his over-the-top needling of Nina Moseley of Wayside Christian Mission. While I changed my mind on donating to the organization when they spent way more than they needed to get a building, he was disrespectful to someone who really probably didn’t have the kind of legal backup she needed to do something good for the people in community who actually do have a need. He deserves a big pile of poop, preferably in a bag.
30 Ray Re // Jul 28, 2009 at 6:21 pm
I nominate Kentuckian Helen Thomas. Years ago I sat next to that gnarly gnome on an airplane, and when I fell asleep she ate my nuts and pretzels and finished off my beer. Then she got plastered and groped me and asked if I wanted to join the mile high club. I was in therapy for almost a year before I found out she wasn’t a man. I’m pretty sure she fucked Matthew Brady at Antietam.
31 jake // Jul 28, 2009 at 6:21 pm
Poo? In a bag, you say?
32 Conservative // Jul 28, 2009 at 6:45 pm
Mead because he’s an environmental reporter but in my opinion he’s slanted to a certain way of thinking. It always seems everything he writes is pro-Sierra Club and anti-everything else.
Maybe it’s just me but I don’t think Andy’s objective enough to have the beat he has.
33 Ray Re // Jul 28, 2009 at 7:01 pm
OMG I just read that Chase Cain is working on a meteorology degree. Given how the Louisville TV and radio stations just love to CONSTANTLY break in and tell us what the hell it’s doing in Beaver Fuckin Dam or Coon’s Ass Indiana everytime the clouds grow dark, just imagine a caffeinated Chase Cain Storm Chaser. I say we take the kid out now.
34 themanchesters // Jul 28, 2009 at 9:05 pm
I nominate John Boel of WLKY. He does pieces on drunk drivings and sex in the park then gets pusted for DUI in Shelby County. Boel, pay attention to your own stories!
35 themanchesters // Jul 28, 2009 at 9:06 pm
Okay, should have been “busted.”
36 jake // Jul 28, 2009 at 9:12 pm
Haha, I think it’s okay to mistype “busted” in this instance… mainly because you’re talking about the hypocrisy of someone who was drunk.
37 junction jack // Jul 28, 2009 at 10:09 pm
Despite my disdain for Chase Cain’s “I love me and my Rick Astley hair” reporting, I must nominate Ms. Julie Tam. She parades the blue glove story around like she’s freaking Murrow or Cronkite, yet doesn’t seem to realize how it cemented her as a laughing stock in the city. Kerri Richardson had this look of “Why on earth am I wasting time doing this interview?” when Julie interrogated her on said issue.
A golden poo isn’t enough. What about a blue glove o’ poo?
38 Crutnacker // Jul 28, 2009 at 10:25 pm
How about Mindy Peeeeterrrrrrsoooooonnnnnn from WHAS radio if only because I can’t stand how she makes her own last name longer than the story she reports?
OH CRAP! I’m not the only one. SWEET!
39 SwishPan McGee // Jul 28, 2009 at 10:37 pm
Chase Cain should win.
I remember watching his live shot after the storms post-windstorm. He was standing in front of a tree with power lines hanging off of it, and in his puppeteer-like hand gestures, he grabbed the downed power line to show his great use of props.
When he grabbed it I thought..oh yeah, this is going to be the greatest live shot ever…but the power line was dead…
He’s lucky he didn’t become the news that night!
40 SwishPan McGee // Jul 28, 2009 at 10:38 pm
post-windstorm=ice storm I think..
41 Mark H (Not Hebert) // Jul 29, 2009 at 2:32 am
I may have to blame Kelly Carls for this, but whomever has been trying to transform Cindy Sullivan into the next Martha Stewart by having her read (in monotone) those “Living Better” segments out of some book.
She makes Ben Stein sound dynamic.
42 Barb // Jul 29, 2009 at 10:01 am
I have to agree about Cindy Sullivan. She can’t read properly and oh, that commercial where she talks to the car. How annoying.
43 jake // Jul 29, 2009 at 10:04 am
Cindy Sullivan is a gardener – not a reporter.
44 402kid // Jul 29, 2009 at 11:29 am
Jake, I know it is a stretch, but Terry Meiners is the most annoying face and voice to hit the airwaves. His schtick is old, not funny and makes me want to kick the TV and all the oldtimers that keep this goof on the air.
45 Patrick Martin // Jul 29, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Chase’s interview was spot on. Grow some balls and criticize someone for something substantive, not getting after a “charity” that was making suspect transactions. sick ‘em chase.
46 Steve // Jul 29, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Instead of being annoyed by Mindy Peeeeterrrrrrsoooooonnnnnn, Rush Slimebaugh and Terry Meiners, why don’t you just change stations?
Intelligent listeners unite behind our NPR affiliates! Yes, you’ll miss Francene, but you won’t be supporting satanic Clear Channel Communications anymore.
Feed your mind and your social conscience.
47 Conservative // Jul 29, 2009 at 2:21 pm
NPR? Gag. The only thing that gets me harder than their political agenda is the distinct lack of passion for the subject that I hear from NPR announcers. I also hear/heard that same lack of passion anytime I happened to come across Air America or America Left on satellite radio.
And I”m sure the same poster who defended the Louisville reporter for going after questionable charities was also very much in favor of Bill O’Reilly when he did the same thing. Right George (Kentucky Embarrassment) Clooney?
48 Conservative // Jul 29, 2009 at 2:24 pm
Let me rephrase … The only thing that gets TO me harder…
49 Kristin Espeland // Jul 29, 2009 at 2:54 pm
Gabe Bullard, WFPL reporter, for the robot promo. He should never be allowed near a mic again.
50 Novena // Jul 29, 2009 at 3:01 pm
“Bobby, Nancy, and C-J”
The C-J’s Nancy Rodriguez, for her largely non-investigative “reporting” on the Felner scandal.
Unlike Jake and Page One, she refused to dig deep and tended to “report” only surface news. In general, education journalists need to go back to school and learn the “deep culture” of educational institutions and the wider society they reflect.
51 Chase Cain // Jul 29, 2009 at 3:02 pm
I nominate Chase Cain. Any pompous little man who likes to pick on female nonprofit directors and feel as if he is the next Bob Woodward, is worthy of golden poo. Except, I think he is closely following this site and thrilled with the fact that we are talking about him. He just comes off completely inappropriate and sophomoric. He is an egomaniac who thinks housewives get wet and warm just watching him bounce on his rubber soles. After all, he’s a big shot with Rick Astley hair who’s on the teevee! There is a funny graphic comparing him to Rick here: http://new.kentuckysportsradio.com/?p=13593
52 Steve Bittenbender // Jul 29, 2009 at 4:36 pm
I just want to thank Conservative for making me spit sweet tea all over my laptop. For a moment, I had this weird vision of you listening to “All Things Considered” alone in your car…
But I digress.
Oh, and here’s a vote for Chase “Raising” Cain for his Eric Flack-wannabe over the top approach to TV reporting.
53 Sirico // Jul 29, 2009 at 4:54 pm
Chase Cain- His badgering of Nina Moseley over a non-story was journalism at it’s worst.
Steve, amen! I love NPR!
54 tammytheburke // Jul 29, 2009 at 5:27 pm
Gabe Bullsh…ard
55 Taylor // Jul 29, 2009 at 5:35 pm
I love the robot promo!
56 eek // Jul 29, 2009 at 5:39 pm
Gabe Bullard FTL!
57 Eileen // Jul 29, 2009 at 7:04 pm
Gabe Bullard!!!
58 jake // Jul 29, 2009 at 7:36 pm
Peep these beautiful Facebook Status updates from Chase Cain:
And then no more than an hour later:
OMG. CAN’T. BREATHE. LAUGHTER. IT HURTS.
59 Tony // Jul 29, 2009 at 8:32 pm
Gabe Bullard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
60 Wilco Fan // Jul 29, 2009 at 10:07 pm
It’s Bullard or it’s bullocks.
61 SwishPan McGee // Jul 29, 2009 at 11:06 pm
Never gonna give Caine up..
Never gonna put his hands down..
Never gonna run around..
All over the place doin’ a stand-up!!
Rick Roll’d Chase Caine style…yo!
62 Crutnacker // Jul 29, 2009 at 11:45 pm
In regards to flipping of WHAS, sadly, old sense memory dies hard, so when traffic is backed up, I think back to the days when they had a helicopter and actually spent time telling you about traffic and I turn it on. Or, when I want to hear the local news of the day, I think about the time when they used to spend 10 or more minutes a day with all local staff reporting the news and I turn it on.
Sadly, I should turn it on NPR. I keep clinging to the notion that WHAS is still a local station.
63 Crutnacker // Jul 29, 2009 at 11:47 pm
And I have to say I’ve never watched a Chase Cain report, but while I do see a certain resemblance to Rick Astley, if you put an elf hat on him, he’s Herbie the Dentist from Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer.
64 Anon E Mouse // Jul 30, 2009 at 7:02 am
Okay, one more…… Charla Young, troubleshooter.
65 Michelle // Jul 30, 2009 at 8:19 am
Melissa Swan and her 20 year old hair do! The eighties called and want it back.
66 jake // Jul 30, 2009 at 8:22 am
Like I’ve said easily a dozen times over the past week, enough with the attacks on personal appearance.
Nominate someone with a legitimate reason.
(And just suggesting a name without following the guidelines outlined in the post you’re supposed to read won’t cut it)
67 bild // Jul 30, 2009 at 8:43 am
Gabe Bullard gets my vote. Hands down.
68 Steve Magruder (I, not D or R) // Jul 30, 2009 at 11:19 am
I find it interesting that Conservative requires “passion” from radio talkers. Speaks volumes.
The country needs a lot more _dispassionate_ discourse — it’s the only way we can find solutions to big problems.
Hollering and screeching gets us nowhere.
69 Steve // Jul 30, 2009 at 11:39 am
I forgot what a fraud Charla Young is until I remembered a piece of poo she did a few years back trashing a prominent and respected area audiologist — without even trying to contact him!!
So much for fairness and balance.
Guess she was too busy planning a revival meeting from the newsroom.
70 Steve Bittenbender // Jul 30, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Crutnacker,
To really get the Chase Cain experience, you need to see him in action. I offer you (and everyone else) the link below:
http://www.whas11.com/news/consumer/stories/WHAS11-090716-Top-Texting.4a0b263a.html
65 years from now, when someone produces the obit for Mr. Cain, they no doubt will use some of this footage to describe his career and impact on the field of journalism. In many ways, this could be to him what the Kennedy assassination was to Walter Cronkite.
And as far as Gabe Bullard goes — until he produces something as epic as the link above, he should not even be considered in the same category. Gabe can’t hold Chace Cain’s microphone!
71 Steve Magruder (I, not D or R) // Jul 30, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Steve B, LOL!
72 jstendoza // Jul 30, 2009 at 1:04 pm
Chase Cain should win the poo hands down! His treatment of Nina Moseley was horrific. She and her husband have helped the homeless in this community for decades. Somebody has to do it!
That’s what happens when stations bring in some know-it-all neophyte who knows nothing about our city. He never even let the poor woman answer his “bulldog reporter” questions – he just kept interrupting her doing his best 60 Minutes impersonation. That’s because it wasn’t about her or even about Wayside, it was all about Chase trying to showcase himself so he can put that story on his reel and move on to another market where some bone head news director will no doubt hire him. He wasn’t interested in the actual story because it was too complex for him to understand. So he took a shortcut. He simply is too young and dense to realize that what he says matters and that he has a responsibility to get it right.
73 tammytheburke // Jul 30, 2009 at 4:32 pm
by the way, the award looks like the Golden Frozen Yogurt Cone-top Award.
74 le gardien de but // Jul 30, 2009 at 8:25 pm
I agree with novena—Nancy R of the CJ
75 Crutnacker // Jul 30, 2009 at 10:32 pm
OMG WTF was that report from Chase? And why is WHAS 11′s site optimized for 28,000K dial up?
76 Chase Cain // Jul 31, 2009 at 8:25 am
Jake, what is the tally? A quick survey indicates that Chase Cain may be in the lead for the prized poo. Personally, I can think of no reporter more deserving of a golden poo award that Chase Cain. To think that once WHAS consisted of Mark Hebert and now it relies on Chase Cain. WHAS is like the Courier-Journal of TV stations. We really should be afraid for our community. Thank God, we still have Page One and The Ville Voice.
77 Nellie Marie // Jul 31, 2009 at 11:46 am
Chase Cain has got to be most deserving reporter for the golden poo award. He came into our city, has tried his best to trash one of our local non-profits who helps literally thousands a year, and took no time to try to understand the story or to get the facts right. In fact, on the first story he called Wayside’s director “Jim” Moseley. He merely had to check their website or ask anyone in the city to know his name was Tim. He’s only been there about a quarter of a century. Chase needs to do a little research before he tries to be an investigative reporter.
78 Nellie Marie // Jul 31, 2009 at 11:50 am
Also, his tongue in cheek exhibit with the Monopoly Board just shows his level of reporting: juvenile.
79 Colonel88 // Jul 31, 2009 at 1:25 pm
The reporter most deserving of this award is definitely Chase Cain. Beside being a complete hack, Cain bases his stories on unchecked “facts” and believes bullying the people he interviews is journalism. He needs to have brunch with Joey Greco and solidify his position with the Cheaters crew. Give Cain the stinking trophy!
80 Bullard-hater // Jul 31, 2009 at 4:30 pm
“Beside being a complete hack, Cain bases his stories on unchecked “facts” and believes bullying the people he interviews is journalism.”
Bullard CHECKS his facts and is Mr. Nice-guy, yet he’s still terrible.
81 gvegas864 (William Summer) // Jul 31, 2009 at 4:45 pm
Gabe Bullard, Gabe Bullard, Gabe Bullard for that robot voice…and for running barefoot – c’mon that ain’t natural.
82 Michelle // Jul 31, 2009 at 5:25 pm
Gabe Bullard, the internet and homicidal robots are coming to steal your children therefore I must vote for Gabe Bullard.
83 newton // Jul 31, 2009 at 6:14 pm
Please give Julie Tam the Poo…She deserves it mor than anybody else. She’s way more annoying to watch than Cain.
84 E // Jul 31, 2009 at 7:52 pm
Gabe, the man, Bullard
85 El Murrow // Jul 31, 2009 at 9:03 pm
The people demand poo for Bullard.
86 Crutnacker // Jul 31, 2009 at 9:58 pm
I’m going to nominate the following:
Liz Everman
Bruce Dunbar
Melissa Forsythe
Ange Humphrey
Christy Callahan
87 jake // Aug 1, 2009 at 11:29 am
Since people apparently can’t read, I’ll say it again:
You have to be specific. If you nominate someone, we’ve gotta know why.
88 EdenSprings // Aug 1, 2009 at 1:54 pm
Wish you’d made this category less specific (as in, it has to be a particular reporter), because my nod would be to the Courageless Journal, which has its editorial nose implanted up the mayor’s behind so far that it can’t ever seem to honestly report on any real news that might reflect poorly on the Jerrmeister.
Cases in point: what happened to the erstwhile former jailer who suddenly disappeared one night and was never seen or heard from again? Ever read about that in the CJ? Jerry hot-potatoed that dude out of town when he became politically radioactive.
And, any real reporting about the Crooked, I mean, Cordish companies? Or, why the new arena was forced into an already-overcrowded downtown? Anyone we know have connections to the parking concessions which might benefit from that?
What about reporting on a recent break-in at a house where one of the items left behind by the theives was a cell phone belonging to one Sidney Abramson? Oh, they musta run outta ink that day.
The only reason Jerry has been here past his sell-by date is that the CJ has colluded to keep the dirt off the front page, and everybody else believes that Mayor Pothole is our savior.
Bobby Kennedy is rollin’ in his grave…
89 samig // Aug 3, 2009 at 1:23 pm
My vote would be for Chase Cain insulting Nina Mosley. Nina, who has been a champion for the poor for many years was insulted by his badgering. She did the right thing by leaving.
Shame on you Chase Cain
90 Doug S. James // Aug 4, 2009 at 7:56 pm
Hey Chase,
Way 2 go man!
“There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary.”
Brendan Behan
Irish author & dramatist (1923 – 1964)
91 J.D. // Aug 6, 2009 at 9:30 am
Even though Chase Cain has already been appropriately called out here, allow me to cast another vote for him. He’s that bad. However, the fact that station management hasn’t publicly apologized for him — and allowed those embarrassing excuses for “stories” on the air — suggests that the news director and/or producers perhaps should share the award with him.
92 syvyn11 // Aug 7, 2009 at 3:03 pm
Dawn Gee. I just can’t stand her. She heckled me when she hosted amatur night at Comedy Caravan in the late 80s.
93 flintstone // Aug 7, 2009 at 10:32 pm
Julie Tam’s hair makes me want to barf. Give her the poo!