tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post6019700004476453849..comments2024-03-26T12:01:39.690-07:00Comments on A Family Tapestry: Where Do These Stories Come From?Jacqi Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-39185017387447265742013-03-09T23:00:49.197-08:002013-03-09T23:00:49.197-08:00Now, isn't that the case?! I'll have to ke...Now, isn't that the case?! I'll have to keep that one in mind!Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-81517448772232526662013-03-09T17:30:23.071-08:002013-03-09T17:30:23.071-08:00Some reporters embellish a bit. We have a local r...Some reporters embellish a bit. We have a local reporter that used to work for the National Enquirer..she writes some dozeys:)Far Side of Fiftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995757632158408442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-35781413787509246022013-03-08T20:28:43.775-08:002013-03-08T20:28:43.775-08:00Good point, Michelle. For what it's worth, the...Good point, Michelle. For what it's worth, the newspapers provide us our first hints at times. In your moonshiner's story, though, I wonder what the motive might have been for the newspaper's different version. There must be more to that story! Hopefully, you will be able to make that trip and uncover the rest of the story.Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-9587291573555552272013-03-08T20:26:29.116-08:002013-03-08T20:26:29.116-08:00Sorry for the confusion, Iggy--and you are not the...Sorry for the confusion, Iggy--and you are not the first to mention this. Sam did get shot in the abdomen, from which he (obviously) recovered. I stumbled upon this surprise news article while searching for the "real" story on what caused his blindness. I thought it interesting in an odd sort of way to see that the rock-fight-um-ball-game was not Sam's <i>first</i> injury.Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-68318413129527272832013-03-08T20:23:50.990-08:002013-03-08T20:23:50.990-08:00Yes...if only I knew to ask at the time...but we n...Yes...if only I knew to ask at the time...but we never really know that when we have those opportunities, do we?!Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-27179869874838537432013-03-08T12:36:50.926-08:002013-03-08T12:36:50.926-08:00Oh as you well know because you've commented o...Oh as you well know because you've commented on my blog, my moonshiners's story as reported by the paper certainly presented a different guilty verdict than that recorded at the prison---frustrating because sometimes the newspaper is the best we can get at times. (I do need to make a trip to the archives to research the actual court documents I realize, but it won't be for some time yet.) <br /><br />I guess the flip side is that sometimes if it wasn't in the newspaper, we wouldn't know a thing about the event at all. You really did a good job at tracking down a second story about him! Michelle Taggarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01190457324521018834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-81139531117045130512013-03-07T10:51:16.326-08:002013-03-07T10:51:16.326-08:00Sometimes, one just has to accept that the truth (...Sometimes, one just has to accept that the truth (with the capital 't') is going to remain 'out there' and just settle for sorting out what is fact and what is possible (or hopefully 'probably').<br /><br />I'm confused - didn't one story say he was shot in the stomach (or maybe he was and this wasn't the cause of the blindness?)<br /><br />I agree with one thing 100% though, the media seems to hire some really inept reporters! I'd be embarrassed to be publishing half a newspaper just listing "corrections"!Intense Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441598926026727682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-91429102305667560902013-03-07T06:14:16.908-08:002013-03-07T06:14:16.908-08:00What a great story! Wouldn't it be great if w...What a great story! Wouldn't it be great if we could just ask the person? You are doing a fantastic job of finding the real story.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16149186891188677587noreply@blogger.com