The Appalachia you DIDN'T see in the Diane Sawyer 20/20 show (Louisville: apartment, new house)

[missymomof3]

Originally Posted by dixiegirl7

It came off so fake if you were raised in Kentucky and knew that was where she was from. Country ham, whether she likes it or not, is a Kentucky product for goodness sake.

That is so aggrivating, how dare she get so big for her britches that she forgets where she came from!

[missymomof3]

Originally Posted by joee

Boy does that ever hit home, ("gotten above her raisin"), some sure forget real quick like just were they came from and start puttin on the dog for folks, stab their family, friends in the back in a minute their whole life revolves around money and social status, won’t dare bring up their roots.

Some want to put down the backwoods and poor while they prance around with their uppity attitudes and fake lives, I didn’t come from Kentucky but purty close just one state down and I’ll take country folk any day over the pretentious or shall I just say highfalutin.

Absolutely Joe thank you hun!

[Spotted1]

Originally Posted by censusdata

Diane Sawyer's special report on 20/20 about poverty in Eastern Kentucky made it look like 95% of the people there are drug addicts that sit around smoking dope and singing bluegrass music.

There is another side of the region not portrayed on the show: it's diversity, modern, and even booming areas.

Pikeville KY

Ashland KY

Middlesboro KY

Harlan KY

To add to your OP if I may, Censusdata..

Yatesville Lake State Park, Lawrence County, Kentucky


Paramount Arts Center, Ashland, Kentucky


Central Park, Ashland, Kentucky

[InLondon]

Great pictures all, there's plenty more pics like these that should get posted.

[missymomof3]

Originally Posted by Visvaldis

Here's a great radio station located in Whitesburg, Ky. Good music, interesting news, and real people. I'd smoke some with them anyday! It's people that want to preserve their authentic culture, improve living conditions and protect their environment.
WMMT FM 88.7 | Real People Radio

I am listening to it now and it's wonderful!

[censusdata]

Any documentary about inner city Black crime emphasizes that most people don't live like that. Any documentary about poor Whites in Appalachia always makes it look like everyone lives like that.

[JoeP]

How about Bill O'Reilly?

I submit to you that the culture in Appalachia harms the children almost beyond repair... There's really nothing we can do about it."

Mark Shriver: Bill O'Reilly vs. America

You know attention like what ABC was examining can bring action that could help some of these areas.

[Spotted1]

Originally Posted by JoeP

How about Bill O'Reilly?



Mark Shriver: Bill O'Reilly vs. America

You know attention like what ABC was examining can bring action that could help some of these areas.

I've got words to describe Mr. O' Reilly that would get me much negative attention from mods.

[blue_eyedgirl]

Originally Posted by dixiegirl7

Glasgow won't even claim her...lol. I think Ms. Sawyer has "gotten above her raisin" which is what my grandmother used to say about people who try to act like they didn't come from someplace. I have never cared for Dianne Sawyer since I saw her on a cooking segment with Emeril Lagasse on GMA and she pretended to not know what country ham was. Who, raised in Kentucky does not know what country ham is?

There is not anything wrong with being an accomplished and successful human being, which Diane clearly is. So what if she doesn't know what country ham is. When I was in high school I had a couple of friends over for breakfast in my teeny tiny rural Kentucky hometown, all of us born and raised there, and those girls didn't know what country ham was when my Mama fixed it. Not everyone in the state is a fan of pork products. Many of you are trying to put her into a mold and make her fit a Kentucky sterotype....isn't that what all the fuss is about, sterotypes. Why make her fit one.

[missymomof3]

There are very few Kentuckians who don't know what country ham is. Maybe she is afraid she wouldn't be taken seriously if she acts like a Kentuckian, who knows.