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January 13, 2005 â€” When the ABC 7 I-Team recently exposed misconduct by some of his bodyguards the governor quickly overhauled the unit. But the controversy may just be starting. ABC7’s Chuck Goudie reports in “The Changing of The Guards” Thursday at 10 p.m. on ABC7 News.

I’ll keep comments open for a while on this one, but if y’all start posting untrue rumors or other bad stuff I’ll shut them down. This governor seems to bring out the worst in people, so take a deep breath before you post and I’ll be eternally grateful. Thanks in advance.

UPDATE: No I-Team report last night. Check back tonight.

posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, Jan 13, 05 @ 4:43 am

Comments

So is the story about Blago? Or about the police detail?

*shrug*

Or just typical hype to get you to tune in?

Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Jan 13, 05 @ 7:35 am
I like to dis Blago as well as anyone, but the term “untrue rumors” is a new one. In SS class we often try to define what a rumor is. If someone tells you that they are an alcoholic and you tell someone else, is that a rumor? I see some pretty unfactual things in the mainstream press (such as CBS), so what exactly is an untrue rumor?

Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Jan 13, 05 @ 9:08 am
If a rumor is true, does that make it the daily Blago press release?

Or something like that.

Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Jan 13, 05 @ 9:12 am
I don’t want to clog up Rich’s response area, so I will direct you to my thoughts here. Have a great day!

Comment by Bo Thursday, Jan 13, 05 @ 9:57 am
You must be cripplingly gullible if the phrase “untrue rumor” is new to you.

I got news for you, anonymous: many, if not most, rumors are untrue.

Let’s just keep it clean and honest, shall we?

Comment by Rich Miller Thursday, Jan 13, 05 @ 10:25 am
To me, the juiciest tid-bit in Goudie’s original story was the info about the blond intern, who was allowed to drive a state police car that was assigned to one of the troopers. Goudie clearly implied that this trooper and the intern were…um…close. But I always wondered if the state trooper was just being a good “wing-man”. Ya’ know, like the Arkansas State Police executive security detail in the 1980’s.

Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Jan 13, 05 @ 10:28 am
For what its worth, having first met Chuck Goudie 25 years ago, I’ve never known him to report something without checking it out. So, hopefully, since we in SPI don’t have access to WLS, you’ll let us know what the story is whenever it breaks.

Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Jan 13, 05 @ 10:52 am
The original story on Blago’s security detail was very well done, and all the evidence indicates that Blago knew or should have known about many of the problems, and exploited the overstaffing for his own convenience.

In any other context, “untrue rumors” would be a redundancy. Rumors are usually presumed to be suspect at best by those who think, and presumed to be true by those who don’t. Personally, when the rumor is about a politician, it usually just confirms what I think of politicians.

You have to admit, Blago hasn’t really done that much (besides talk a good game) since he got the job. It’s not that far a jump from “lazy” to “corrupt.”

Comment by Jeffrey Thursday, Jan 13, 05 @ 12:24 pm
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Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Jan 13, 05 @ 2:00 pm
I anm very hurt that people do not see that Chuck Goudie does not always check out the truth of what he reports! A close friend to myns family was slandered many times over the years by Mr.Goudie. Mr. Goudie must be protected by a Golden Unbrella he has been granted by ABC! Dan Rather of CBS was fired for doing much less! I guess ABC standards are less. Ethics and morality do not matter much to WLS!

Comment by George Tuesday, Nov 7, 06 @ 12:19 am