Texas Press Drops Ball on CBS Memogate

Texas Media Watch ^ | September 20, 2004 | Sherry Sylvester

[SwinneySwitch]

The "Big 5" are all liberal rags!

[Awestruck]

What's happening to Texas?? I expect that kind of thing here, but I've always had higher expectations from the big T.

[TexasCajun]

There's a reason it's called the Houston Comical

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Scooped in their own back yard by the London Guardian, thousands of miles away(and no on-scene reporter).
First rule of Journalism: Don't overlook the obvious.

[WestTexasWend]

It's sad but simple...media in Texas is as liberal and lazy as anywhere else.

[StrictTime]

The Big Five Fish Wraps are all Dem boosters all the time. No Texan in his right mind believes...or buys...these leftist propaganda sheets. Someone could make a TON of money by publishing a conservative Texas statewide paper that would run these sorry outfits out of business.

[Steven W.]

Hopefully the Texas State Attorney General's Office will be a little more enthusiastic about the many answers remaining to the many questions left outstanding.

[mercy]

They're probably like Texas banks. Not owned by Texans.

[truthandlife]

The Houston Chronicle is a joke of a newspaper. They are losing subscribers by the boatload. They revamped the whole style of the newspaper because they thought they needed a facelift. The style is a lot worse and the liberal bias is the same.

Big Old Media is dying.

[Vision Thing]

After Nov. 2, 2004, the Republican takeover of Texas politics will be complete, as the Congressional delegation will convert from a Dem majority to a Republican majority.

Unfortunately, a similar Republican takeover is unimaginable in the Texas press.

We Texans will just have to depend on the New Media and the California-based Free Republic to give us the news that matters.

[DeFault User]

There's a reason it's called the Houston Comical

That's the only thing it's good for. I find they have a Comics section on the Internet from which you can create your own comic page and download the comics everyday.

[ValerieUSA]

Excellent factual report.
Now for the editorial that examines WHY the Texas newspapers dropped the ball on this big play.

[Vision Thing]

The Dallas Morning News is owned by Belo Corp., a Dallas-based company.

[ValerieUSA]

Oops, Sherry Sylvester did fail to mention that David Van Os is a current candidate for office in Texas. I can't remember which one (judge?) but I've seen campaign signs with his name.

[Misplaced Texan]

I even tried to help out by sending the Austin Statesman an email early last week to look into the connections with Robin Rather and Ben Barnes and Dan Rather.

Guess they thought it was a non-story, or one they didn't want to cover.

[SwinneySwitch]

Van Os is running for the Texas Supreme Court.

http://www.vanosforsupremecourt.com/

[no more apples]

If you decide to, I'll invest...

[Navy Patriot]

There is nothing to see here, move on, no news here, the subject is moot, nothing interesting,

Sincerely, your Houston Chronicle

[mylife]

I read Fr for news and have gotten many other to stop buying the Dallas Morning news.

Its not fit for fishwrap

[Fiddlstix]

What's happening to Texas?? I expect that kind of thing here, but I've always had higher expectations from the big T.

The "press" here has become more and more liberal over the years. Just like it has everywhere else.
Sad but true.