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An interesting clarification

Wednesday, October 10, 2007 11:15 PM
Jack McElroy, editor of the News Sentinel, received a letter from a reader who had some questions regarding the recent lawsuit against Knox County Commission: Maybe McElroy could answer the following questions in his Sunday column next week. ... Just
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Fansler's ruling, visual metaphors, and the fat lady clears her throat

Saturday, October 06, 2007 3:24 PM
Today's News Sentinel features two articles reporting on yesterday's ruling by Chancellor Daryl Fansler in Editor Jack McElroy's victorious lawsuit against Knox County Commission. Under the banner headline " Judge tosses 12 ," the paper's above-the-fold
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The butler did it

Friday, October 05, 2007 3:09 PM
Knox County Chancellor Daryl Fansler handed down his ruling earlier today in the aftermath of Tuesday's "guilty-as-hell" verdict in Jack McElroy's lawsuit against Knox County Commission. I think Fansler's remedies are fair, the opinion well-reasoned,
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Intermission

Thursday, October 04, 2007 10:57 AM
Knox County Chancellor Daryl Fansler is expected to issue his remedy sometime today in News Sentinel Editor Jack McElroy's suit against Knox County Commission. Right now, the case floats in a kind of intermission between acts, and I strongly suspect the
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"Government guilty"

Wednesday, October 03, 2007 10:22 AM
"Government guilty" That's the banner headline in today's News Sentinel. Today's front page is plastered with news stories about yesterday's verdict in Editor Jack McElroy's lawsuit against Knox County Commission; the only story on the front page not
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Slam dunk

Tuesday, October 02, 2007 3:34 PM
Today's verdict in Jack McElroy's lawsuit against Knox County Commission was a slam dunk for the plaintiffs and for the people of Knox County. As a citizen of Knox County, I'm thrilled with that outcome. Of course, the judge's remedy won't come down for
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Deliberations begin

Tuesday, October 02, 2007 11:02 AM
Jurors began deliberating this morning in the trial of News Sentinel Editor Jack McElroy's lawsuit against Knox County Commission. The KNS is live-blogging the verdict , which I think is very cool. Today's paper includes this article which recaps the
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A legitimately one-sided story

Monday, October 01, 2007 11:40 AM
Page B1 of today's News Sentinel carries a "Reporter's Notebook" article which recounts several distinct vignettes from the trial of Editor Jack McElroy's lawsuit against Knox County Commission. The printed version of the article is broken into discrete
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Looking back on the KNS coverage

Sunday, September 30, 2007 3:15 PM
As regular (or even sporadic) readers of this blog probably know, I was one of three Knoxville-area bloggers to volunteer to cover the News Sentinel's reportage of its editor's lawsuit against Knox County Commission. Since the editor is the lead plaintiff
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Saturday Sentinel blogging

Saturday, September 29, 2007 3:11 PM
Today's paper has this front-page story about yesterday's developments in the lawsuit of News Sentinel Editor Jack McElroy against Knox County Commission. Although the news itself is potentially bad for the people of Knox County, the story is written
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The News Sentinel takes Lumpy for a spin

Friday, September 28, 2007 11:08 AM
Testimony ended yesterday in the trial of News Sentinel Editor Jack McElroy's lawsuit against Knox County Commission. Although Commissioner Greg "Lumpy" Lambert was never called by the defense as a witness, he was called to the stand yesterday during
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Batting .500 on the paper's front page

Thursday, September 27, 2007 10:38 AM
Today's News Sentinel carries two front-page articles on yesterday's testimony in the ongoing trial of Jack McElroy's lawsuit against Knox County Commission. The article above the fold relates the testimony by former County Commissioners John Schmid and
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Shocker

Wednesday, September 26, 2007 2:58 PM
I know this may come as a shock, but I have no significant critique of either of the two trial-related articles on the front page of today's News Sentinel. This one details the testimony of County Commissioner Paul Pinkston, and this one discusses the
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From news article to gossip column in three sentences

Tuesday, September 25, 2007 9:03 AM
Today's News Sentinel carries this story on its front page which details yesterday's testimony by County Commissioner R. Larry Smith. Smith testified about his observations and his role in the process leading up to Black Wednesday, the subject of News
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More sarcasm in the KNS coverage

Monday, September 24, 2007 10:23 AM
Today's News Sentinel includes a set of highlights (or lowlights) of last week's developments in Editor Jack McElroy's lawsuit against Knox County Commission. Although a periodic narrative recap of recent events would certainly help flesh out the coverage,
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Sideshow as headline

Saturday, September 22, 2007 3:59 PM
The plaintiffs rested their case yesterday in News Sentinel Editor Jack McElroy's lawsuit against Knox County Commission. As is routine and ordinary in every trial in the land, the opposing side then immediately submitted a motion to dismiss the case
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Two articles on yesterday's happenings

Friday, September 21, 2007 1:39 PM
Today's News Sentinel carries two articles about yesterday's proceedings in Editor Jack McElroy's suit against Knox County Commission, both of which are well-written and stick to the facts. This story , above the fold on page A1, details "the most contentious
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A misleading headline, Mark Harmon, and Thurgood Marshall

Thursday, September 20, 2007 10:25 AM
Today's News Sentinel story on the Knox County Commission trial displays something of a split personality; the headline, subheading, and front-page portion of the article bear little resemblance to the remainder, buried on page A11. The first half states
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News Sentinel gets it right, and I blog like a pirate

Wednesday, September 19, 2007 12:58 PM
Two articles on Jack McElroy's suit against County Commission appear in today's News Sentinel ( here and here ); believe it or not, I have no objections to either article's objectivity. None. They stick to the facts, avoid biased characterizations, and
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Lumpy's phone records

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 12:24 PM
This article on page B1 today's News Sentinel (an early draft of which I discussed yesterday ) covers the failure of Commissioner Greg "Lumpy" Lambert to turn over his mobile phone records as evidence in the ongoing lawsuit against County Commission.
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