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Randy Neal on Knox County “Scandal Fatigue”
R.N. is asking whether the erstwhile outrage of Knox County voters is fading due to scandal overload:
I’ve noticed it here, too. Some of the “take back the government” yahoos have moved the, uh, conversation over to the KNS article comments (thankfully), but in general there seems to be scandal fatigue. Or maybe people are just busy getting ready for the holidays.
What do you think? Are people burnt out and just sick of hearing about it? Will people really show up at the polls to “throw the bums out,” starting with the February primaries? Will anybody still care unless there’s some new, manufactured drama?
Should the media be providing better coverage of more mundane yet substantive topics such as zoning requests and development proposals and stormwater ordinances, and less coverage of the latest Lumpy brain fart and God resolutions and other carnival freak show acts?

