Lexington Herald-Leader Editor Defends Kentucky Basketball Writer Ripped by Fans

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 Lexington Herald-Leader Editor Defends Kentucky Basketball Writer Ripped by Fans
Jerry Tipton covers Kentucky basketball for the Lexington Herald-Leader , which means there are few journalists in the country whose work is more closely scrutinized by its readers. And many of those readers think Tipton goes out of his way to make Kentucky basketball look bad. Here's what the Kentucky hoops blog A Sea of Blue said recently , which is representative of what I've heard a lot ... [link]

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Published 5/9/2008 by Truzenzuzex at A Sea Of Blue: Front Page Posts
... from the Tipton debacle.  Marc Maggard took me to task yesterday at his site, Kentucky Ink, for what I wrote about Jerry Tipton.  We exchanged a number of posts on his site, and ultimately agreed that I would appear on his radio show on Monday at 7:00 PM.  I still don't really know the procedure for doing this or where it can be heard, but I will update you on this as I have time to figure it out. For just a little more on the story, AOL Fanhouse's Michael David Smith has thoughts.  Too bad he didn't read my recent post on the ...

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