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What A Start to a Big Week

July 7th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Today, We Do Radio: We’re still feeling a little pumped about our appearance on Francene’s radio show this morning, in which I was able to get a few words in even though Jake had a microphone in front of him. Francene tells us she’s a little nervous about being on LEO’s cover this week. We […]

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Tags: Death · Dining · LG&E · LMPD · Race · Radio · Taxes

C-J Stops Comments on Coleman Stories

July 7th, 2008 · 4 Comments

UPDATE, 1:29 P.M.: Thanks to the C-J’s John Mura for explaining the paper’s decision. Here’s what he wrote, in an e-mail, by way of explanation: “In the past, we’ve occasionally taken down whole story chat threads when they’ve either veered way off topic or degenerated into a he-said, she-said, or were so completely mean-spirited as […]

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Tags: Blogging · Courier-Journal · Death · Race

Coleman’s Death Sparks Immediate Online Debate

July 5th, 2008 · No Comments

It didn’t take long after the Courier-Journal reported the death of civil rights activist Rev. Louis Coleman for his enemies to start weighing in with comments on the C-J website.
Coleman was without doubt a polorizing figure when it came to issues of race in this community. And within an hour, positive and negative reaction to […]

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Tags: Death · Discrimination · John Yarmuth · Race