Mon
Dec 3 2007
08:25 pm
Slow recycled news day?
By: R. Neal

WATE reports on the sad news that General Shale is shutting down its Riverside Drive facility and 65 people are losing their jobs during the holiday season.

Matt Edens, who doesn't even live here, reported this in the weekly Metro Pulse nearly a month ago. He got it from the Knoxville News Sentinel, who had reported it a week earlier than that.

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Stick Thrower's picture

But...

Submitted by Stick Thrower on Tue, 2007/12/04 - 10:51am.

WATE was the FIRST news source EVER to report the story with the poignant "losing jobs during the holidays" angle.

R. Neal's picture

That's true. Yet sadly, they

Submitted by R. Neal on Tue, 2007/12/04 - 10:51am.

That's true. Yet sadly, they weren't able to talk to any actual, you know, workers who were being laid off or anything.

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