From Kentucky Sports Radio's coverage of hot-potato events swirling former Boston Celtics basketball coach Rick Pitino (left) -- including news of a Courier-Journal photo of a protester's sign, a picture that got cropped in a way blogger Matt Jones finds curious today:The bigger issue to me is the media’s continued reluctance to report the story. Over the past month, the Kentucky media has allowed Rick Pitino to have a statement released publicly in full and allowed Karen Sypher's husband to spout allegations about his wife in every outlet. However, Karen Sypher's story has yet to be told and all media outlets remain silent about the core issue that is at the center of this extortion case. Sypher's son's sign was a potential view into what Sypher may be alleging (why else would it have been taken down), but ultimately those that know for certain (the media) aren't saying and continue their policy of ignoring the devil at the center of this entire story.
Related: the controversial photo accompanies this story
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ReplyDeleteRick Pitino hasn't coached Kentucky in 12 years, so that has nothing to do with it.
ReplyDelete2:18
ReplyDeleteUnless, of course, you happen to believe Louisville is in Kentucky.
Read that as "in Kenntucky", 2:18. My bad.
ReplyDeleteIf you were following the coverage, the FBI doesn't believe her allegations and I believe did not include them in the indictment and her own attorney has said they would not help her defense at trial to use the allegations. The media outlets in Louisville are not releasing any details out of fear of a lawsuit as the allegations have not been able to be corroborated.
ReplyDeleteAnd 3:53, we know Louisville is in Kentucky, the only thing this issue has to do with UK is that their fans are hoping Pitino takes a fall but if he were still at UK you would probably be hearing less about this.
If you live in Louisville and know anything about the city's relationship to the state, you'll know that Louisville is in fact not part of Kentucky, but a separate commonwealth of its own. And the editorial decisions so far, in my opinion, have been motivated by a desire to be fair and unbiased, and not merely by a fear of lawsuits. It's a tricky tightrope.
ReplyDeleteand to make sure you get the tight crop of the AA protester to please the mainstreaming gods.
ReplyDeleteI trust Bennie Ivory. He wouldn't let some basketball coach influence his decision making. Believe me if there is any truth to the allegations big Bennie will get him.
ReplyDeleteNot sure I understand what this has to do with the supposed theme of the GANNETT blog. Guess it was a slow news day for Jim. Or he was busy with his other project and felt the need to put something out there.
ReplyDeleteIf anyone here thinks money and power (and the lawyers it can buy) do not impact how a newspaper treats a story in this era, they are wrong. Bennie likes safe stories.
ReplyDeleteJim,
ReplyDeleteRun your sports updates past somebody before you post. The fact that's he's the former Celtic coach is a little less relevant than the fact he's the current Louisville coach.