The following are excerpts from a Clay Travis op-ed piece that ran on his website today. We just found it interesting, but not necessarily surprising...
((HT: Clay Travis/Deadspin))
Nashville's Tennessean has identified several additional women who were also involved in sexual relationships with Steve McNair. They've done even more than that, there is currently an article quoting those women and how they're dealing with McNair's death. (The women are quoted anonymously because they fear revealing their identities. The Tennessean, to their credit, has a policy against using anonymous sources for stories. Even, evidently when there are multiple women telling the same story. As a result none of us have seen this article. Why? Because of a combination of reasons: a. the women are anonymous and b. the Tennessean bigwigs are convinced the city of Nashville can't handle the news.
There is no doubt that the fact that Steve McNair was engaged in multiple affairs is extremely newsworthy. He was, after all, killed by one of these women. Already the Tennessean has reported that there was a third woman involved in an affair with McNair. Why draw the line there? Especially when articles citing police and other sources have already hinted that Ms. Kazemi may have been motivated in her murder/suicide by uncovering the existence of these other women. She's 20 and believed she was the love of Steve McNair's life. Then she uncovered that she was merely one woman of many that he was squiring about town.
That's a legitimate story that needs to be told, demands to be told even. But it isn't running. Because the editors at The Tennessean don't have the backbone to run a story that their reporters have already anonymously sourced.
No one doubts that Steve McNair was beloved in this city. But telling only a part of the story of how he died does a disservice to the community that loved him. We all deserve to know the truth. Or as close to the truth as we can get.
The fact that The Tennessean doesn't have the guts to stand behind their reporters work speaks more eloquently than anyone else could about how far they've fallen beneath the city of Nashville.
They don't think the people of my city can handle the truth? Put simply Tennessean editors, you aren't good enough at what you do to make a decision like that for the city of Nashville.
(FYI, the Tennessean's managing editor denies that they have held back anything.)
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