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Recently I asked if Bill Lyons, Director of Policy Development for the Mayor Haslam and the City of Knoxville, or if his Metro Pulse staffer wife, Gay, had written, influenced, or contributed to an editorial hit-piece in the Metro Pulse which slammed legislators who are working to protect private property rights.
It remains a possibility. But then again, maybe the editorial was written or influenced by Senior Pulse editor Barry Henderson. After all, Henderson’s wife used to hold the same position Bill Lyons does now and I could see him being sympathetic to the eminent domain argument.
Or then again, maybe the article was ordered, written, or influenced by Metro Pulse publisher and real estate developer Brian Conley.
Does Conley have an interest in any possible eminent domain seizures? I’m looking.
Any way you slice it, the Metro Pulse is not an independent voice. The conflicts that exist for this paper render their editorial completely biased, if not down right unethical.
Journalistic integrity is in order–and disclosures should have preceded such an emotional plea for the benefits of eminent domain. Shame on the Metro Pulse.
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[...] Terry Frank on the Metropulse’s recent love affair with the hideous practice of eminent domain: Recently I asked of Bill Lyons, Director of Policy Development for the Mayor Haslam and the City of Knoxville, or if his Metro Pulse staffer wife, Gay, had written, influenced, or contributed to an editorial hit-piece in the Metro Pulse which slammed legislators who are working to protect private property rights. [...]
By SayUncle » Metropulse and ED on 03.23.06 11:39 pm
Good thing it’s free. I know absolutely zero people who would pay for Metropulse.
By Drake on 03.24.06 9:12 am
Liberals refuse to see these kinds of media conflicts of interest when their own people are the source of the conflict. However, if these were all Republicans, you can bet the liberals would be howling for the end of MetroPulse.
MetroPulse is a socialist/communist front paper, which is why they are not on my blog sidebar. I don’t care to put a liberal source here and there, but not a socialist one.
By David Oatney on 03.24.06 1:16 pm
My dogs put MetroPulse to its highest and best use.
It truly is a socialist rag.
It’s consistent, though, in that it lavishes praise on every type of tax increase.
By molonlabe28 on 03.24.06 10:18 pm
Curiouser and curiouser. . . Metro Pulse has lost credibility. It’s too bad it’s readers are treated like idiots. Give the people ALL the facts and then let them make their own decisions. The people aren’t stupid but journalistic rags like PULSE think so.
By TNOpinion on 03.25.06 8:40 am
[...] In March, I asked questions about a Metro Pulse editorial hit piece on State Rep. Stacey Campfield as well as State Rep. Frank Nicely. The piece criticized the idea that eminent domain seizures was a problem or a reality. I asked in my posts if the Metro Pulse would come forward and answer who wrote the editorial. You can read my posts here and here. Bill Lyons with the City of Knoxville was one person that I suggested might possibly have a line of influence with the Metro Pulse since his wife is listed as staff for the Pulse. [...]
By terryfrank.net » For the record on 04.24.06 9:04 pm
Journalistic integrity is in order…
Ah, but you make the mistake of assuming Metropulse has a concept of “journalism” and “integrity”; it doesn’t. They exist to promote the political and ideological biases of their editoral staff.
If anyone who works at Metropulse considers himself a “journalist” engaged in “journalistic” pursuits, he’s either lying or deluded.
By anon on 08.26.06 11:48 pm
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