We have previously noted when the Lexington Herald-Leader deliberately structured a story to conceal the sexual orientation of an offender, so I was pleasantly surprised when the newspaper told the truth on Wednesday: Former EKU professor pleads guilty to child pornography charges, prosecutors say by Taylor Six | Wednesday, January 3, 2024 | 4:08 PM […]
Would it be wrong of me to retort, “Learn to code“? Thomas Carlyle, the Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher, coined the phrase “the dismal science” to refer to economics in the 19th century, and for the print newspaper industry in the United States, economics has been a very dismal science. But in continuing to cut […]
We have previously reported how the Lexington Herald-Leader, a McClatchy newspaper, follows the McClatchy Mugshot Policy, and refrains from publishing the photos of black suspects and convicted criminals, and does not refer to race in its criminal reports, though somehow, photos of accused criminals who are white manage to make it into the newspaper. So, […]
No, that’s not a typo in the headline: the spelling ‘journolist’ or ‘journolism’ 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 ‘journolism’ frequently when writing about media bias. We have reported on, too many times to count, […]
Meet J’Lynn Hersey! Just four weeks after his 18th birthday, young Mr Hersey managed to rack up an impressive list of criminal charges: KRS §508.010 Assault, First Degree, a Class B felony, 1 count KRS §512.020 Criminal Mischief, First Degree, a Class D felony, 3 counts KRS §512.030 Criminal Mischief, Second Degree, a Class A […]
There is no cure for pedophilia, and any sentence less than life imprisonment simply means that a convicted pedophile will offend again. Previous offender charged with dozens of sex crime offenses in Lexington, records show by Christopher Leach | Thursday, August 4, 2022 | 8:24 AM EDT A registered sex offender in Lexington was booked […]
No, that’s not a typo in the title: the spelling of ‘journolism’ 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 ‘journolism’ frequently when writing about media bias. What my, sadly late, best friend used to call the […]
On March 12th, we reported that Fayette County Commonwealth’s Attorney Lou Anna Red Corn had ‘negotiated’ another lenient plea bargain arrangement for a murderer. Lexington man who committed deadly Fayette Mall shooting reaches plea deal. Here’s why by Jeremy Chisenhall | Friday, March 11, 2022 | 12:19 PM EST | Updated: 1:06 PM EST The […]
We have previously noted that Fayette County Commonwealth’s Attorney Lou Anna Red Corn had a history of giving accused murderers the opportunity to plead guilty to manslaughter instead, and get reduced sentences. Miss Red Corn was a member of the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s office in 2012, but was not the office holder at the time. Man previously convicted in a deadly shooting faces murder charge in Lexington […]