Over at the local blog forum this afternoon, the ringleader admits to paying Sandra Clark for an editorial column that mentioned his local blog forum.

Would this need to be sent to the E.W. Scripps Ethics Committee?

Here is the post.

KnoxViews in the media
Submitted by R. Neal on Thu, 2007/08/16 – 8:54am.
My Monday morning schedule was all messed up from staying out ’till 4AM trying to photograph meteors, so I was just now getting caught up on this week’s reading when I saw this. Thanks, Sandra! The check’s in the mail.