Don’t forget to watch Comment on Kentucky tonight on KET at 8:00 P.M. Eastern.
Scheduled guests:
Ryan Alessi, Lexington Herald-Leader
Al Cross, Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues
Laura Cullen Glasscock, The Kentucky Gazette
It’s always a hoot!
Tags: Mainstream · Journalism
Don’t miss your chance to win copies of Bluegrass Treasures and Horse Farms! Enter today. Drawing is tomorrow afternoon. [Page One]
Journalism dead in America? Apparently so. The Washington Post is selling access at $25,000 a head. Seriously. Offering to “alter the debate” on health care for mega cash. […]
Tags: Economy · Contest · Presidential Race · Veterans · Giving Back · Embarrassing · Corruption · Journalism · Environment · Wasted Money
Remember J.D. Sparks? The guy who assaulted a LEO Weekly reporter at a Republican Party Dinner a few months ago?
If not, refresh yourself:
Reporter Accosted at Annual Lincoln Dinner
Another Take on Saturday’s Republican Assault
LEO Reporter Files Assault & Menacing Charges
Now that you’re refreshed, here’s the latest from editor Stephen George. Sparks pleaded guilty to […]
Tags: Embarrassing · Spotted · Journalism · Flashback
Don’t miss your chance to win copies of Bluegrass Treasures and Horse Farms! Enter today. Drawing is tomorrow afternoon. [Page One]
Thank goodness for Rick Bozich, who said what needed to be said about Sheldon Berman and Jefferson County Public Schools’ ridiculous behavior and obsessive PR reaction throughout the Max Gilpin saga. […]
Tags: Senate · Embarrassing · Giving Back · Contest · Jobs · Campaign Finance · Wasted Money · Education · UofL · Journalism · Steve Beshear
Ronnie Ellis really does have some good advice for you in his latest piece about the recently-behind-us special legislative session (not his latest article, but latest about the special session):
Disingenuously, Beshear said “it is too early to tell” if the gambling debate will be a central issue in 2010 legislative campaigns. Three hours later, he […]
Tags: Mainstream · Journalism · Gambling · Steve Beshear
Comment on Kentucky comes on at 8:00 P.M. Eastern on KET. Tonight. Watch it. It’s our favorite KET program.
Scheduled guests for the evening:
Ronnie Ellis - CNHI
Greg Hall - Courier-Journal, racing industry
Larry Dale Keeling - Herald-Leader
We hope Larry Dale goes crazy (Please, LDK! DO IT!) talking about the session and David Williams.
If you […]
Tags: Mainstream · Journalism · Gambling
State Rep. Keith Hall has responded to the Appalachian News-Express story which we shared with you earlier. Susan Klimchak, Director of Communications for Majority Leader Rocky Adkins, says the paper will likely publish Hall’s remark in a day or two.
Here’s Hall’s statement in its entirety:
Yesterday and last night I received several phone calls while […]
Tags: Mainstream · Hypocrisy · Journalism · Budget · Eastern Kentucky · Flashback
Really, Ronnie Ellis has been cranking out the great columns lately.
Here’s a bit from his Friday evening story:
Of course, what Greg Stumbo, D-Prestonsburg, is stimulating is votes for slots at the horse tracks. Some are shocked that budget treats are directly tied to lawmakers’ votes on the slots bill. But it’s not as though Stumbo […]
Tags: Humor · Mainstream · Journalism · Gambling
Don’t forget to watch Comment on Kentucky tonight. 8:00 P.M. Eastern on KET.
Scheduled guests:
Joe Biesk - Associated Press
Ronnie Ellis - CNHI
Tom Loftus - Courier-Journal
You can be certain they’ll be discussing the special legislative session.
NOTE: We got a press release at 4:00 indicating that this lineup has changed, but no updates were available at […]
Tags: Mainstream · Journalism
Jack Conway plans to release his legal opinion on casino gambling at 10:00 A.M. today. Wanna place hypothetical bets on what he’ll say?
Adam Edelen and several others assured me on Saturday night that there are enough votes for gambling to pass. Then several lobbyists and big whigs from organized labor told me that […]
Tags: Discrimination · Dan Mongiardo · Hypocrisy · Senate · Barack Obama · Adam Edelen · The Gays · Jobs · Kentucky Business · Mitch McConnell · Gambling · Jim Bunning · Mainstream · Journalism · Steve Beshear
