[weegee]

That memo was online for a few hours before there was a dry retraction that it wasn't meant for the public's eyes.

It's not the first time the Comical has engaged in political games in the NEWS reporting. LBJ bought off the editors back in the 1960s. He held a letter that acknowledged the paper's "deal" in exchange for permitting a bank merger to go through that Houston's business community wanted. In return the Houston Chronicle was to not be critical of Johnson or the war in Vietnam.

This came out (with a lot of Johnson's audio recordings) in the 1990s.

Still wonder was is on JFK's tapes. They are waiting until everyone associated with the administration is dead before revealing the truth. Only hope those tapes survive long enough (I think 50 years was the stated date).

[half-cajun]

I've only lived here since 2001, but I can't stand the Chronicle. I do feel a little proud, though, of having embarrassed Cragg Hines in one of his columns. It was regarding the Foley scandal, and I said the page worked for a dem (after he said it was a rep. in his column). I had googled the reps name and it came back as a dem. I e-mailed Hines and he ran a correction saying it was a dem and the mistake was a typo! (what an idiot). Then the next day he had to come out and say his correction was wrong.