Knoxville "News" Outlets

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Good night, is there any credible news source left in the entire town? First, they announced that about twenty different head coaches had been hired--and then had to retract.

Now, the Steele debacle.

WTF is gong on with the amateur reporting in that town?
 
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There sources are random Twitter updates form people that haven't a clue. The reporting around here is embarasing us.
 
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Witch Doctor think the Sports Radio in K-town has been exposed also. Witch Doctor say Dan Brooks punked Hyams yesterday.....Witch Doctor say Tony Basillo is ALWAYS good for a laugh...what is he....0-9 since Kiffen left? Witch Doctor say he had a kitchen fire yesterday and the fire dept didnt believe him.
Bones never lie.
 
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You are confusing blogs and entertainment (ie, sports radio) with actual news sources. As far as I know, the only legitimate news source that faslely reported a coaching hire was WVLT, and they were only piggybacking off a story that their so-called sister station in North Carolina ran.

Not really trying to defend the Knoxville media, but as far as I can tell, the real reporters are still trying to get confirmation of a story before they run with it. It's tough to do that in an environment when jokers like Basilio are hyperventilating every time they hear the thinnest whipser of a rumor and passing it along as fact.

(Which is why you get the KNS running news stories that say things like "Reports: Steele coming to Tennessee." They can't confirm it yet, but they can't just ignore it while the blogs are talking about it or they risk irrelevance. The whole thing is annoying.)

EDIT: Looked up the TV station that ran the erroneous Cutcliffe report, and it was WVLT.
 
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Is Sports Animal off the air. Down in Winchester I have to listen through the Internet and it will not work today for some reason. They are not reliable but at least I can listen to Tennessee news while at work.
 
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Vercingetorix said:
You are confusing blogs and entertainment (ie, sports radio) with actual news sources. As far as I know, the only legitimate news source that faslely reported a coaching hire was WBIR (I think?), and they were only piggybacking off a story that their so-called sister station in North Carolina ran.

Not really trying to defend the Knoxville media, but as far as I can tell, the real reporters are still trying to get confirmation of a story before they run with it. It's tough to do that in an environment when jokers like Basilio are hyperventilating every time they hear the thinnest whipser of a rumor and passing it along as fact.

(Which is why you get the KNS running news stories that say things like "Reports: Steele coming to Tennessee." They can't confirm it yet, but they can't just ignore it while the blogs are talking about it or they risk irrelevance. The whole thing is annoying.)
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Your only referencing 1 instance. They butchered the hiring of the latest UT coach. ABSOLUTELY BUTCHERED IT SEVERAL TIMES.
 
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Witch Doctor not throw KNS "completely" under the bus as it is the silly off season. Witch Doctor say if I was coaching I would lie to the media at every turn just to keep them on their toes. Witch Doctor say someone yesterday in office kept asking "Who ate the last Bear-Claw that I saved." Witch Doctor immediately went into "bear-claw-defense-mode" and blamed it on the chubby girl that works at the front window. Witch Doctor like that.
Bones never lie.
 
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DieHardVOL said:
Your only referencing 1 instance. They butchered the hiring of the latest UT coach. ABSOLUTELY BUTCHERED IT SEVERAL TIMES.
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Other than the WVLT (I looked it up) report, what legitimate Knoxville news source "absolutely butchered" the hiring process? (Note: Basilio is not a news source. The "Sports Animal" is not a news source. Blogs are not a news source.)

I'm sitting here looking at the KNS headlines in my newsreader for every story they've published about UT sports in the last month, and all I see is several reports that Cutcliffe was very close to being named coach, but that the deal wasn't done. Which was true. How'd they butcher it?
 
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Hymens loves breaking stories. Doesn't matter if they turn out to be true or not. I think he just likes to hear himself talk.
 
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Vercingetorix said:
Other than the WVLT (I looked it up) report, what legitimate Knoxville news source "absolutely butchered" the hiring process? (Note: Basilio is not a news source. The "Sports Animal" is not a news source. Blogs are not a news source.)

I'm sitting here looking at the KNS headlines in my newsreader for every story they've published about UT sports in the last month, and all I see is several reports that Cutcliffe was very close to being named coach, but that the deal wasn't done. Which was true. How'd they butcher it?
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Cutcliffe was never contacted or interviewed by Hamilton. That was 100% garbage.
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It seems I can rely more on a blind meteorologist's forecast than K-town's "breaking news" sources.

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Vercingetorix said:
Other than the WVLT (I looked it up) report, what legitimate Knoxville news source "absolutely butchered" the hiring process? (Note: Basilio is not a news source. The "Sports Animal" is not a news source. Blogs are not a news source.)

I'm sitting here looking at the KNS headlines in my newsreader for every story they've published about UT sports in the last month, and all I see is several reports that Cutcliffe was very close to being named coach, but that the deal wasn't done. Which was true. How'd they butcher it?
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KNS updates there stories throughout the day. It's pretty much impossible (as far as I know) to go back and see the articles before the updates.
 
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PennVol said:
Cutcliffe was never contacted or interviewed by Hamilton. That was 100% garbage.
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These coaching searches always lend themselves to ridiculous semantical arguments about exactly what constitutes being "contacted" or "interviewed," but you're saying that Cutcliffe was never considered for the job, and there were no discussions between his representatives and people from UT, huh? All of that was 100 percent BS? That this news article from a North Carolina paper, which contains actual quotes from Cutcliffe about how he was considering the TN job, is completely made up? Uh huh.
 
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Vercingetorix said:
Other than the WVLT (I looked it up) report, what legitimate Knoxville news source "absolutely butchered" the hiring process?
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As a practical matter, it's only a difference in degree when the KNS runs a front-page story saying Cutcliffe is putting a coaching staff together.

Where does that point the reader?
 
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EZE said:
Good night, is there any credible news source left in the entire town? First, they announced that about twenty different head coaches had been hired--and then had to retract.

Now, the Steele debacle.

WTF is gong on with the amateur reporting in that town?
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In their defense, Steele accepted the job and then changed his mind. It wasn't a rumor or speculation, it was fact. He had agreed to terms with UT and then backed out. Can't fault the KNS or anyone else there. They reported the facts, but the facts changed. That's not an uncommon occurance.
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Maybe we just need to ask ole' he who has bones? how about it Witch Doctor, who's our next DC.
 
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Witch_Doctor said:
Witch Doctor not throw KNS "completely" under the bus as it is the silly off season. Witch Doctor say if I was coaching I would lie to the media at every turn just to keep them on their toes. Witch Doctor say someone yesterday in office kept asking "Who ate the last Bear-Claw that I saved." Witch Doctor immediately went into "bear-claw-defense-mode" and blamed it on the chubby girl that works at the front window. Witch Doctor like that.
Bones never lie.
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witch doctor made me spit coffee all over my lap top ....geeeeeee :eek:lol: :eek:lol: :mf_surrender:
 
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DieHardVOL said:
KNS updates there stories throughout the day. It's pretty much impossible (as far as I know) to go back and see the articles before the updates.
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I was reading them in real time. They never reported Muschamp had been hired. They never reported Calhoun had been hired. They never reported anything other than generic "who might be on Hamilton's list" stories until the rumors about Cutcliffe seemed to be reaching a fevered pitch, and then they ran a story that said that other news outlets had reported that he'd been hired, and then they yanked the story within half an hour. I'm sorry, but I don't see how that's "butchering" the story.

What we're seeing here is a glimpse into how these stories have always been reported. There are rumors and sources and whispers from imaginary friends, and the reporter's job is to piece them all together until he or she decides that it's reached some minimal level of credibility, and then he or she passes it along to the public. And that's the first that most of us ever heard about it. Two big differences now are A) the internet puts literally every single rumor out there immediately, so all of us can watching it happening along with the real reporters, and B) there are a bunch of quasi-news outlets -- sports radio, bloggers -- who require a lot lower minimal level of credibility before they'll start spreading it around. And you can watch the traditional media guys standing to the side, wringing their hands, trying to balance their Authoritative News Source credibility with the fear of irrelevancy. So they end up running a lot more of these "sources have indicated that there might be a deal" stories than they used to.
 
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Velo Vol said:
As a practical matter, it's only a difference in degree when the KNS runs a front-page story saying Cutcliffe is putting a coaching staff together.

Where does that point the reader?
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He WAS putting a coaching staff together. That was what ended up being the hangup in him getting the job.

I never saw anywhere where they reported that Cutcliffe had been hired, merely that his hire looked imminent. Which it did. Maybe you could legitimately complain that the headline about the coaching staff made it seem like a done deal, but anyone who read the article knew that it wasn't quite a done deal yet.
 
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Los-Osis said:
Maybe we just need to ask ole' he who has bones? how about it Witch Doctor, who's our next DC.
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Anything Witch Doctor say right now would just be a wild guess. Witch Doctor gonna watch things play out. Witch Doctor trust Dooley and know he will bring in DC that will "fit".
Bones never lie.
 
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