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Fancy Farm 2011:
Pork, Pie and Politics
The 2011 edition of Fancy Farm: Pork, Pie and Politics is the kickoff event to KET’s fall election coverage.
- Ferrell Wellman hosted Comment on Kentucky live from Fancy Farm on Friday, Aug. 5, previewing the fall election with a panel of journalists: Roger Alford, Frankfort bureau reporter, Associated Press; Ronnie Ellis, Frankfort reporter, CNHI News Service; and Donna Groves, news director, WKYX AM/FM in Paducah. Watch Comment on Kentucky at Fancy Farm
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On Saturday, Aug. 6, KET produced a live telecast of the afternoon’s political stump speeches, emceed by Marshall County Judge-Executive Mike Miller. Watch the complete video (approx. 2.5 hours; available late Saturday evening) - Bill Goodman and Renee Shaw introduce excerpts from the speeches and give a little of the flavor that makes Fancy Farm unique in our special one-hour highlights program, Fancy Farm 2011: Pork, Pie and Politics. • Monday, Aug. 8 at 8/7 pm CT on KET.
Fancy Farm picnic promises political theater
Posted: Aug 5, 2011
Will Aqua Buddha make an appearance at Fancy Farm?
Read more: http://www.kentucky.com/2011/08/05/1835027/therell-be-no-gander-pulling-but.html
Fancy Farm Picnic: Spirited crowd gets into the act
Backers, foes make themselves heard
“I’ve been all over Western Kentucky on that thing and never had any trouble till then,” said Latham, who tows the battery-powered display on a riding lawnmower.
But Saturday, to stay out of trouble at Fancy Farm, he papered over the old word that began with bull with a new term: “propaganda.”
“That’s a lot better word anyway,” Latham said.
There was plenty of rhetoric as the annual kickoff to the fall political season got under way in the sweltering heat at the rural western Kentucky Roman Catholic parish of St. Jerome. The event is used to mock and laud candidates for statewide races and Saturday provided plenty of both.
Check out the sights and sounds of Fancy Farm 2011 and read the full story here:
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20110806/NEWS0106/308060056/Fancy-Farm-Picnic-Spirited-crowd-gets-into-the-act?odyssey=tab%7Cmostpopular%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE
