April 30, 2005

Media Meanness

Matt White has a tribute to a state legislator who is neither mean nor hateful - and marvels that the allegedly unbiased reporter John Commins of the Chattanooga Times Free Press, who allegedly called Dunn "mean and hateful" during a press conference, hasn't been fired yet.

UPDATE, Thursday May 5: Commins just called me, irate, and denied calling the legislator, state Rep. Bill Dunn "mean and hateful." Commins says, "I like Bill Dunn."

I'll take Commins at his word unless there is evidence otherwise. So, apparently, some other reporter called Dunn "mean and hateful."

Consider this a correction - and marvel at how the blogosphere corrects errors much, much faster than the mainstream media.