R. Neal over at Knoxviews briefly comments on another WATE editorial story decision gone astray. Today’s question is what does the word “volunteer” mean?

Great minds will parse this question to the finite bounds of semantic understanding. Is it only a matter of time before more knowledgeable people like UT professors of Ethics or Political Science must be brought in to help the “common’ folk understand the meaning of simple words?

Here is the ten cent tour.

Sheriff Hutchison did not “volunteer” for anything he was requested to bring helicopters and pilots to Louisiana by Jefferson Parish Sheriff Henry Lee.

Betty Bean wrote about the WATE story here.

Gene Patterson is once again the designated arrow catcher for WATE on his blog here. Be sure to check out the Walker Johnson comments. If I was WATE I would hire Walker Johnson to do on-air commentary. He not only gets it but he is very funny.

Does Gene get overtime for his blog? Just curious. God knows he deserves it.

My take on this is that the local “progressive” political machine in Knoxville does not habla what “overtime pay” is. If they don’t have it at the large local/national gas convenience store truck stop chain they why should anyone else receive overtime?

Of course the real fun to be had is what would have happened if the Sheriff had refused gas and overtime reimbursement. WATE would have had one heck of a story about that.

Damned if you do and damned if you don’t. That’s the way media in Knoxville works.

Posted in uncategorized on May 31st, 2006 by #9 | RSS 2.0 |