IT SEEMS OUR RESIDENT ANALYST HAS BEEN THROWING TANTRUMS FOR QUITE SOME TIME. THE BLOG THAT IS IN THE STORY IS MARKED PRIVATE INVITE ONLY, SO PERHAPS YOU INSIDERS CAN GET AN INVITE FROM YOUR RESIDENT HERO.
Apparently I’m an Asshat
The woman who runs DesktopDetective probably doesn’t know it, but “asshat” is one of our favorite words here at The Stranger, having first come to our attention as a suggested descriptor for President Bush.
Now, apparently, I’m an asshat for writing the following paragraph in this story about Kyle Huff:
Now, apparently, I’m an asshat for writing the following paragraph in this story about Kyle Huff:
A woman who wanted to be identified only as Michelle, and who runs the local blog desktopdetective.blogspot.com, said she has talked to three different young people who believe they may have seen Kyle at a few raves and electronic-music parties over the past three months. She could not immediately make those people available to The Stranger, however. More compellingly, a post dated February 1 from kylehuff23@hotmail.com was found on the guest book of a local woman’s website after the killings. The message asks for information about upcoming parties. “Hey, I’ve never been to a rave in Seattle,” it reads. “Was wondering if anyone could tell me when one is coming up.” Kim Dietemann, who operated the site, contacted the police about the message.Michelle appears to be mad that I didn’t just take her word that three different young people had seen Kyle Huff at parties in the last few months. Sorry, Michelle, but it would have been pretty sloppy journalism for me to have just taken the word of an anonymous blogger, and not to have asked to speak directly to the people who you say saw Huff. As for needing to hear from them within two hours—like I told you, my deadline was coming up in two hours, and if I was going to get their stories into my story for this week’s Stranger, I needed to hear from them before my deadline. But I think you’re exaggerating how demanding I was. As I also told you, I would be happy to talk to these people for a future story if they’re not ready to talk yet.
THIS IS THE STORY OF THE "SEATTLE CAPITOL HILL MURDER" THAT IS REFERRED TO IN THE PIECE ABOVE
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