Talk:Bob Lonsberry

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Restoration[edit]

I asked for this article to be restored so I could add sources, only to find that sources already exist. They could use some improvement, but I believe that a) being a published author, b) popular and controversial radio host, and c) the news coverage of his firing, combine to demonstrate clear notability. Nothing in this article strikes me as remotely controversial, so I don't think BLP is an issue at this point either. Powers T 20:19, 10 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Controversy[edit]

If I remember right what Bob Lonsberry was talking about is that the governor would panic at anyone that hints to be running for mayor so when an orangutan escaped from the zoo Bob Lonsberry said "Orangutan escapes from zoo, runs for mayor." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.37.228.44 (talk) 13:47, 21 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Poorly sourced[edit]

This article's claim that Lonsberry won "in excess of 80 journalism and broadcasting awards, including top Associated Press commentary awards in newspaper, radio and television -- the only person ever to do so" is poorly sourced. The claim comes from a bio section of Lonsberry's own webpage at a radio station site, violating Wikipedia's policy on Third-Party sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia%3A3PARTY

A search of the AP archives reveals that Lonsberry is mentioned in exactly three (3) stories, all related to his 2003 firing-and-rehiring in Rochester, NY: http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=APAB&p_theme=apab&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_dispstring=%22bob%20lonsberry%22&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=%28%22bob%20lonsberry%22%29&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no

Frankly, I don't believe that Lonsberry's won any major journalism awards ... but if someone can supply a reliable non-Lonsberry source, let's see it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.113.97.34 (talk) 13:08, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

New article[edit]

This article from the Syracuse Post-Standard could be useful for expanding this topic. Powers T 18:36, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A [citation needed] tag was added to the first line of the "Radio career" section 18 months ago. I was able to use the article you provided as source for the first part of the line and remove the tag. Tortoise40 (talk) 19:45, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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