As if yesterday’s story about the driver who laughed about killing a cyclist wasn’t enough, here’s today’s bit of unbelievable news: A Spanish driver is suing the family of a cyclist whom he hit and killed. To add insult to injury (literally), the driver said, “I’m also a victim in all of this, you can’t […]
Lots of listeners sent me the same story today. It concerns Melissa Arrington, a woman convicted of negligent homicide in the death of cyclist Paul L’Ecuyer. In a jail house phone call, she can be heard laughing and joking about the death of the cyclist. As a result, she received a sentence of 10-1/2 years […]
From listener Daniel, here is the response received to his complaints about the recent Matthew Parris article: Dear Daniel As you may know, the PCC received a large number of complaints about the Matthew Parris article about which you recently raised concerns. The Commission has now assessed whether the article in question, headlined “What’s smug […]
Earlier today the Amgen Tour of California announced the teams that will be participating in this year’s event. The 650-mile, eight-day stage race, modeled after the Tour de France and considered to be the most important and popular race held on U.S. soil, will take the world’s top professional cycling teams from Palo Alto-Stanford University […]
Listen now by clicking here: [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/thefredcast/The_FredCast_89.mp3] For The Week of January 14, 2008 Sponsored by listeners like you – Thanks for your donations! NOW AVAILABLE IN MP3 AND ENHANCED AAC FORMATS! The enhanced podcast is available via RSS and as an iTunes subscription. IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK Cadel Evans on Riding in Australia and […]
We’re honored and privileged to have been chosen Web Site of the Month by City Cycling Magazine. Thanks for the honor. Very cool. Thanks to listener Jerry for letting me know.
Listen now by clicking here: [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/thefredcast/The_FredCast_88.mp3] For The Week of January 7, 2008 Sponsored by listeners like you – Thanks for your donations! NOW AVAILABLE IN MP3 AND ENHANCED AAC FORMATS! The enhanced podcast feed can be found here and on iTunes. IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK Scary Editorial in The Times Online Hole-digging Man […]
According to Carlton Reid of QuickRelease.tv, Matthew Parris’s hateful pile of vitriol is now on track to have more complaints lodged with the Press Complaints Commission than the most complained about story of 2007. And 2008 is only days old. In addition, reports Carlton, the Commission is still considering whether to file charges against Parris. […]
