Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Breaking News / Law and Order Kelley Cannon Unplugged
Posted by Elizabeth Ulrich on Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 1:39 PM
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Ms. Ulrich's excellent story on this case in last week's print edition of the Scene is unfortunately marred by this irresponsible post she has written. It's certainly appropriate to give Ms. Cannon's side of the story but it has to be done in context, even in a blog. To allow Ms Cannon to defame her late husband and accuse him of drug use, drunkenness and adultery without including a response from the late husband's lawyer or family is completely irresponsible. I have no idea if those charges are true or not. But I do know that a judge awarded full custody of the children to Mr. Cannon which, at the very least, casts substantial doubt on Ms. Cannon's allegations as well as her supposed devotion to her children.This post should be pulled until the reporter can do her job.
Let me add that I have not read the print edition of this week's paper (which came out today) in which there is a more extensive report on the interview with Ms. Cannon. I presume that, unlike this blog posting, the print article includes comments from the other side.
Jim's longtime friend and divorce attorney John Hollins Jr. paints Jim as nothing less than a saint.
HW, guess you missed this sentence in Elizabeth's post.
I don't think he missed the sentence at all. The sentence only helps affirm HW's point. Ms. Ulrich notes the wife's charges and then proceeds to elaborate on them. She notes the counter-claim by the husband's attorney but provides no supporting elaboration. As written, the blog story conveys the impression that attorney Hollins is merely doing what you expect an attorney to do and that Ms. Ulrich puts a lot more stock in what the wife says. While this may not have been what Ms. Ulrich intended, HW's point is utterly valid, and it's disappointing to see yet another reflexive rush to a Scene writer's defense (sounding, ironically, a little like what I'd expect from an attorney) rather than an honest acknowledgment of HW's point.
I think the way Elizabeth wrote her story--and the post above--makes it clear that Kelley Canon is not exactly an unimpeachable source.
The way she wrote the print story, yes. The way she wrote the post above, not so much.
BBB: i guess two people can read the same post and come to opposite conclusions. I would have titled this post Kelly Cannon Unhinged. She comes across as either batty or a complete fabricator.
The print story in this week's paper is excellent and, unlike this post, effectively uses Ms. Cannon's own words to paint her has a very troubled (and obvously lying) woman. Well done. But I stand by my comments that this post, read as a stand-alone story, is a defamatory, hatchet job on the dead husband and should not remain on the site.
One other point: since Ms. Cannon is described in the print story as a Harpeth Hall graduate and an MBA prom queen, why don't you tell us her maiden name, who her parents are, and when she graduated? How about a picture of the prom queen from the year book? Don't you people realize that's a big part of what makes this such a good story?
Who made you guys the referees of journalistic fairness? Do we have to add up the words on each side and make sure they're equal? That's ridiculous. We're not saying we think this woman's necessarily telling the truth. That's clear. We're just quoting her. Letting her talk because it's interesting--that's pretty much the point of all of this.
Henry, Kelley Cannon called us at 2:30 on Monday and spoke for an hour and a half. After that, Elizabeth transcribed a 7000-word interview, worked the phones right away and wrote a damn good feature-length news story in a matter of hours--all to meet an early deadline.
If her story wasn't absolutely perfect--and I thought it came close--it might have had something to do with the fact that we don't have months and months to work on our stories.
We're not The Tennessean.
From Ulrich's post: "One thing about Kelley did surprise us, however: The woman is pretty damn endearing. When she talks about her devotion to her children, she's entirely believable—sweet even."
Woods writes in defense of Ulrich: "We're not saying we think this woman's necessarily telling the truth. That's clear."
I guess Jeff overlooked that part. But what can one expect from an Antioch graduate?
Ulrich's two printed stories were excellent. Her post, however, is indefensible and you all should quit trying.
But neither of you responded to my second point. Why didn't someone tell Ulrich to GET THE WOMAN'S MAIDEN NAME? THE YEAR SHE GRADUATED FROM HARPETH HALL? THE NAMES OF HER PARENTS? Even if there wasn't time to ask that earlier (but of course there was), you should do it now. Have Ulrich post a follow-up about Ms. Cannon's priviledged upbringing. You own this story; stay on it and do it right.
Henry is so right on this...
I bet if the new editor (or Matt or Jeff) were from Nashville, we'd know her maiden name
Her maiden name is Sanders - her parents are Stan and Diane. He was a plastic surgeon, but I think he is retired and they are divorced.
All of the stories to date have talked about why everybody thinks it was her. It's fair that she get a story telling her side. They definitely told it with a grain of salt.
Oh, Henry Walker, you are such a prurient, smirky, smarmy pervert as usual. Clearly you want to see if you or any of your friends have the alleged murderess as a notch on your belt and get your gossip train rolling.
Let's all hope that we, meaning the citizens of Nashville, can do a better job than the citizens of Selmer who sat in the jury box for the Mary Winkler Case and turned a blind eye to justice. Winkler shot her husband in cold blood, in the back while he was asleep, was obviously disturbed, and then made wild claims of abuse that no one else in the world had ever seen in any form. Sound familiar? All the evidence pointed to her being a cold blooded murderer, but they simply let her go free. Winkler got away with it and now may even get her kids back along with their trust fund. Maybe Mrs. Cannon will hide behind God like Mary Winkler did? I read both of these articles and as I went over Cannon's claims, all I could think about was how much it reminded me of Mary Winkler. If they let Cannon go because of God, her kids, or the mystery abuse, I am moving to another state where they convict murderers regardless of gender or faith.
I wonder if a man could get away with murder using the Winkler/Cannon method? Somehow I doubt it.
All I can say is hopefully all of the journalists in this blog put their pens down and stop and listen to yourselves.
What I hear, which must be fact, is that this woman (forget where she was raised or who raised her), stole latex gloves, her husband had an order of protection against her, he won legal custody of his children and now he's dead. DNA, videos of theft - and not all of the evidence has been revealed. Heaven help everyone who is involved to put egos aside and stop the fight over who's the better writer. This is about human lives (we're all the same)...this person was a father to three small children. They are the ones suffering and will carry this forever. I wish this human war would stop. And I wish that those who feel they are superior to others because of their zip code or place of business would come down from their self-created high opinion of themselves. Think about the children of our future for a minute-this place is getting way out of control! I truly can't believe what is happening to society.
as an employee and friend of Jim Cannon, it doesnt matter what anywho writes or says. If you knew them you knew everything about this article come from a good dose of pills. Everyone loved Jim, it was hard not too. He was at work well before 9 and was a great father. As we morn, yall fight over the way this "article" sounds!
as an employee and friend of Jim Cannon, it doesnt matter what anywho writes or says. If you knew them you knew everything about this article come from a good dose of pills. Everyone loved Jim, it was hard not too. He was at work well before 9 and was a great father. As we morn, yall fight over the way this "article" sounds!
To: In memory of Jim:
I could not agree with you more. She has worked up a really good almost believing article but just as you have said. Jim was all about his kids and he was well up at before 9 every morning and off to work because he had a company to run she was the one passed out asleep all day and always whacked out on pills. I still feel so much sadness and pain for you and his family and friends. I hope you all can move on someday and God bless you!
P.S. I really do hope that justice is served and she spends the rest of her life in prison.
CBS 48 Hours Mystery is looking into this case. Michelle Feuer is the producer... feuerm@cbsnews.com
Everyone is looking from the common perspective. Has anyone ever thought about the perspective of the kids of Cannon? Or the family that has taken them in? The most interesting part is easily the story of the murder, but what about the disruption caused to the people around them? I am going to guess that the children were raised poorly, or without any sense of direction. what about the family that now has those children in their hands? They now have to raise a family on top of ruins? someone please consider the new life of Jim's sister and her husband and children.
I met her at a bar in Green hills in January, she is unbalanced, to say the least.. she strangled his ass, believe that...
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I haven't had time to read a lot about this, but I am a family friend, and in my mind there is no doubt Kelley done it. I remember a while back(before the murder) our neighbor telling us about how she came at him with a butcher knife. I haven't met her, but by the stories I've heard, she is a very disturbed lady.
Jim Cannon was having an affair for several years with Stacy Rodgers (now Polk) who worked for him at Medical Reimbursements of America. Stacy still works for the company but moved to Louisiana very quickly after Jim's death.
How did a 90 pound woman strangle an adult male and then stuff him in a closet all by herself?
A 90 pound woman could have easily done it! Jim was only 5'6. He was petite. If she was so afraid of him, then why did he call 911 when she was acting like a nut at his house taking the kids?? She is a liar. She was caught red-handed. DNA evidence. Video evidence at walgreens.... end of story.
She probably DID have some help. She may have been called to come get the kids just prior to or just following his murder. Sounds like SOMEONE had to look out for the kids if all they had left to look after them was an obviously alcoholic father. Neither parent was fit. Problem taken care of now.
