by William Skink
I noticed the police activity on West Broadway this morning as I drove to work. An open door at a nasty motel called “The Colonial” had crime-scene tape criss-crossing the door frame. There was more crime-scene tape blocking off a portion of gravely ground in front of the room.
KPAX must have noticed the activity as well, because they reported on it well over 8 hours ago, which you can read here. So far it’s just an “unattended death” but authorities haven’t ruled out foul play.
And the Missoulian? Nothing yet, as of 11:00pm.
As traditional media sputters and puffs along like a chain-smoker running a marathon, some blogs are kicking ass, like Ed Kemmick’s Last Best News. This morning Kemmick posted a piece from an interview he did last week with Jolene Burdge, the sister of the man Dennis Hastert sexually abused decades ago in Illinois. After doing one national interview with ABC, which appeared on Good Morning America last month, Jolene fended off the media wolves that deluged her with requests.
And then Ed Kemmick gets an interview. Impressive.
If I had millions of dollars, I would totally invest in taking Last Best News state-wide. Kemmick had similar thoughts after Lee Enterprises shutters its state bureau. You can read the post below the fold. Continue reading “As Lee Lags, Ed Bags a Big One”