Joe Hart’s Breaking Story … A Bathroom Break

Our Town Reno covered this ‘dare we say it’ breaking news story today after Jon Killoran’s former co-worker Joe Hart inquired where Clark was - guess you always need to ask for a bathroom break.

Picon always enjoys watching how easily local media personalities allow themselves to be used — or perhaps more accurately, manipulated.

Take Joe Hart over at KRNV Channel 4. But then again, television news has advertising to sell. Ratings matter. Access matters. Relationships matter. That is the game.

What caught our attention was how closely anti-Mike Clark activist Ed Alexander seemed to mirror the very narrative Hart later reported. It seems Our Town Reno found this story equally interesting.

Alexander, who has long pushed for his cannabis lounge interests and has openly worked against Clark politically — including support and donations toward Jon Killoran — appeared to practically write the script before it ever hit television.

And then came perhaps the most interesting part: comments from Bethany Drysdale regarding Clark’s departure prior to the vote.

Now that was rich.

Because we remember very clearly the controversy back in 2023 when Drysdale reportedly took it upon herself to contact the governor’s office suggesting county employees might quit if certain commission applicants were appointed. It was an ugly episode and one many believed crossed professional lines by inserting county staff into political influence campaigns against private citizens.

Mike Clark objected strongly at the time — and frankly, others probably should have as well.

So when Drysdale now surfaces publicly with commentary involving Clark, some people naturally wonder whether old grudges are still alive and well inside Washoe County government.

Yet strangely, that earlier controversy never seemed to interest Joe Hart very much.

Funny how that works.

Stories questioning ordinary residents? Plenty of interest. Stories involving county employees potentially stepping into political advocacy? Not so much.

That is the larger issue here. Not whether every reporter has opinions — they do. Not whether sources try to shape narratives — they absolutely do. The real question is whether journalists recognize when they are being fed political messaging by activists, insiders, and operatives with very obvious agendas.

Because manipulation only works when the press willingly participates.

Meanwhile, Hart keeps posting smiling family photos hoping viewers will like him. That is fine. We are not in the business of being liked.

We are in the business of pointing out the game while everyone else pretends it is journalism.

And while we are discussing selective outrage and selective journalism, we also remember something else.

Back in 2024, nine women who allegedly had concerns involving harassment connected to Grant Denton and the Karma Box Project reportedly reached out to Joe Hart asking him to meet with them.

According to those involved: crickets.

No major investigation. No breathless reporting. No televised moral outrage. No “holding power accountable” promos during the evening news.

Nothing.

Now compare that silence to how quickly certain political narratives or anti-Mike Clark talking points seem to find airtime.

That is why more and more people no longer trust corporate media outlets to fairly determine what qualifies as “important.” Because too often, coverage appears driven less by principle and more by relationships, politics, institutional comfort, and who reporters are willing to challenge versus who they protect.

If nine women truly reached out seeking a meeting regarding alleged misconduct tied to a politically connected nonprofit executive, most people would assume that at minimum deserved a conversation.

Instead? Silence.

And that silence speaks volumes.