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The News of 2008 in Review

Broadcast Date: December 28, 2008

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What were your top stories for 2008? Was it the economy? The shooting at a Knoxville church that killed two people? Another deadly shooting at Central High School? The Knox County Charter petition drive? The presidential election?

There were a number of major events over the past twelve months that made the headlines and the top of our newscasts.

Joining Gene Patterson to discuss their list of top stories and take a look ahead to what they believe next year will bring are 6 News political analyst George Korda, consultant Cortney Piper, political columnist Frank Cagle, communications director for Oak Ridge National Laboratory Billy Stair.

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#1 School issues are a result of

Submitted by L P (not verified) on December 28, 2008 - 12:20pm.

School issues are a result of home issues. It is a priority to teach parents not to quit being parents. Guns are guns there is nothing you can do. except teach how to use them and provide proper training.
Good show and very interesting website. Keep it up and happy new year.

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#2 Discussion December 28, 2008

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on December 28, 2008 - 1:35pm.

Dear Sir:
I was shocked to hear Cortney Piper today accuse Tennesseans of being "RACIST" for not voting for Obama. Does she not know what the issues were? Does she even care? Where was she when Wright was "damning America", when Michelle called America "mean", when Obama denigrated the military, who are giving their lives and health to keep the right for her to get on television with her ridiculout "spiel" of RACISM ? Has she investigated where all of his monstrous contributions came from or his associations with people like Blago, Rezco, Ayers, Bernadette Dohrn, Saul Alinsky? Does she not know that Obama won his first election by fraudently having his 3 opponents kicked off the ballot? Does she not know that he hails from "CROOK" county in Illinois? Has she read both of Obama's books and realized that the same person did not write both books?

TTW----get a life or better still, get someone on your show who will not smear all Tennesseans for being "RACIST"! If you don't do better than you did today, your station will go the way of newspapers who like to "SPIN" more than they like to furnish news!

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#3 Tsk tsk

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on January 23, 2009 - 4:37pm.

So many lies. So many distortions. What a poor job of throwing up a smokescreen to your own racism.

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