We have often mentioned the McClatchy Mugshot Policy that the Lexington Herald-Leader is obligated to follow. Of course, the Herald-Leader did not publish the mugshot of the defendant in the following story, despite having published several recently, all of white criminal suspects. Massive bond set for man accused of killing Richmond couple. Not guilty plea entered By Rayleigh Deaton | August […]
WKYT-TV, Channel 27, the CBS affiliate in Lexington, is the news partner with the Lexington Herald-Leader. So, when the Herald-Leader reports a story after WKYT, and WKYT has the mugshot available, we know the Herald-Leader did as well. Estill County man charged in connection with woman found dead on rural road By Beth Musgrave | […]
I’ve run enough stories about the journolism[1]The spelling ‘journolist’ comes from JournoList, an email list of 400 influential and politically liberal journalists, the exposure of which called into question their objectivity. I use the term … Continue reading of the Lexington Herald-Leader that I sometimes think I should include a subscription box for them! The Herald-Leader […]
This website has spent a good deal of bandwidth noting the Lexington Herald-Leader and the McClatchy Company’s mugshot policy. In particular, we have noted the Herald-Leader’s odd habit of violating that policy when it comes to white criminal suspects, but adhering closely to it when the suspects are black. Well, in this case, the suspect […]
We have made much about the McClatchy mugshot policy, and the uneven application of it by the Lexington Herald-Leader. The McClatchy policy became known in August of 2020, which was well after this story from the Lexington newspaper: 3 gunshot victims. 2 robberies. 1 dead. Lexington detective describes violent night By Morgan Eads | January […]
We have previously noted the Lexington Herald-Leader’s double standards when it comes to posting the mugshots of criminal suspects. The Herald-Leader is supposed to follow McClatchy Company’s standards, as they are listed in the photo to the right. THC snacks, sex acts: KY woman allegedly abused baby while video chatting with inmate By Jeremy Chisenhall […]
For some reason I have been unable to find the text version of McClatchy’s new mugshot policy online, but I was able to find this photo of it. The Kansas City Star, a McClatchy newspaper did mention it, as have several tweets, so I’m going to consider the image I found of it to be […]
We have previously noted that the Lexington Herald-Leader apparently does not post photos of criminal suspects, — though an exception was recently made for a white suspect — even though the other city media do, and that McClatchy Company, which owns the Herald-Leader, apparently does not either. So, when I spotted the story below on the Herald-Leader’s website, I pretty much knew what I’d […]
It was just Thursday that we reported on three absolute super-geniuses, for shooting and wounding a Lexington police detective. Well, now on what the talking heads at the Weather Channel are calling the first day of meteorological spring, we’re learning more, and it isn’t pretty. Two suspects charged for firing on Lexington police detective linked […]