Locust Fork Journal Editor and Publisher Glynn Wilson was on the radio Friday via telephone on Paul Finebaum’s popular talk show to discuss the “rumors” circulating about Alabama Attorney General Troy King.

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We will also be providing listeners with a tutorial, of sorts, on how information these days travels from whispers to the Internet, or Net, over e-mail, then to the Web on blogs, and finally into the mainstream news media.

Examples include the story that got Dan Rather fired from CBS News on the Bush AWOL story after conservative bloggers started suggesting that some of the documents used in the report might be fake. Rather’s lawsuit was back in the news this week.

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You can listen live online here: Finebaum.com from 2:05 to 6 p.m.

This story has been talked about quite a bit on talk radio and on blogs for the past week, but no newspaper in Alabama or nationally has published a story, yet, that we know of … but give them time.

To listen in Birmingham, tune to 100.5 FM.

We welcome your comments here, although we should remind everyone that this is a moderated discussion and not an anonymous free-for-all.

I will be posting live from The Bunker blog compound as the show airs, so refresh often for updates.

To see our original post on this that seems to be part of the reason for the rumor spreading so far and wide, in some people’s opinion, here’s the original blog post with more than 100 comments.

As we will be indicating on the show, this is not some major investigative piece about Troy King’s personal life. I do not care if he is gay or not. But I am concerned as always about hypocrisy in politics and if there were crimes committed or even unethical conduct involving employees who work for him. King has been vociferous in the past about his views about the gay lifestyle, and he has riled up even a number of Republicans who may have it in for him.

The original post was the blog equivalent of a mention on a talk radio show.

Since one of the other radio stations in town basically mucked up the coverage of this the other day, I agreed to talk to Paul because I have known him for a long time as an honorable guy and a journalist and have appeared on his show before.

I should be clear that in no way do I want to become the subject of this story. I didn’t ask to be on the radio to talk about this. They called me…

So if the right-wing bloggers and GOP operatives try to turn this into a smear job on me or this news site, we will pull the plug.

As far as we know as of this posting, Mr. King has still not issued a formal denial of these rumors. Nor has any reporter, for print, broadcast or the Web proved the allegations. In other words, no one seems to have the video, photos or the blue dress – yet : )

But we do know that there are some local and national investigators working around the clock on this. And who knows. Maybe we can break some news on the air.

If you are one of the former security guards who worked for Mr. King and were shuffled out of his office a few months ago in the big shake up, and you have knowledge of something that might be a crime or even bad ethics, please call in and give us your story.

If you are a certain lobbyist who has any direct knowledge of some of the things alleged, please call in and give us your story. You can start your 15 minutes of fame today!

If you are one of the regular readers and fans of this Website, please call in too. We would love to hear from you : )

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It’s a bit late to post this, although the discussion is still going on … on the radio. The question is, does this moment with Birmingham radio personality Paul Finebaum in a small boat with Alabama football coach Nick Saban look like a “gay moment?” One caller said a “real man” would NOT have “gay friends,” and Finebaum said he had gay friends. Much talk about the Bible and such, typical Alabama talk radio in the summer when things are slow on the football field. But it brings up an interesting couple of lines: “I am not now nor have I ever been gay!” But also: “Some of my best friends are gay.” See the video and listen here: Finebaum.com. What do you think?