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The Nashville Television Wars

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Scripps News and WTVF Win Awards

The news teams at The E.W. Scripps Company have received two Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Awards for their investigative reporting in 2025. Continue reading Scripps News and WTVF Win Awards

Scripps News and WTVF Win Awards

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The Ravages Of QAnon Brain Worms In The Real World

A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This...

I want to bring your attention today to a tremendous bit of investigative reporting from the indefatigable Phil Williams of NewsChannel 5 in Nashville.

At its heart, the story is about what happens when QAnon conspiracy theories infect the upper ranks of local law enforcement.

The case study Williams uncovers is in Millersville, Tennessee, just north of Nashville, where the police chief (who is also the interim city manager) and assistant police chief have taken to far right podcasts to advance some of the most outlandish QAnon ravings, including Pizzagate.

They claim the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has cut them off from accessing law enforcement search tools while TBI conducts an audit of the Millersville police department. Williams’ reporting suggests TBI does have some concerns about the department, but TBI wouldn’t comment.

But none of my summary fully captures the many layers of Williams story, like this gem of line: “Then, there’s the child sex predator sting run by Millersville with a group of MAGA activists — a sting also now being investigated by the TBI.” Oh, boy.

As Williams himself said: “I have never seen anything like this.”