Ken Hoffman engages in some fun media criticism in his latest column:
I have never noticed that we’re especially fat. I know I have trouble getting a tennis court at Memorial Park. And when I do, I can’t find a parking space. So somebody must be exercising.
But I’ll tell you what is strangely fat about Houston — our TV newscasters.
I bet we have some of the chunkiest newscasters anywhere in the country.
In most large cities, TV reporters look insanely, unhealthily skinny, even with the 10 pounds the camera puts on you. Not in Houston.
When Men’s Fitness made the news, I watched chubby people tell us that we’re chubby. It made sense. These are the same people who tell us not to stand in floodwater — while they’re standing in floodwater.
I hadn’t really noticed the weight of our newscasters before. And to think we call ourselves media watchers here at blogHOUSTON! 🙂
Then there’s Hoffman on SAFEclear and politeness:
Houston has its unique standards of etiquette. For example, it’s considered polite to say, “Excuse me, sir, but I’ll be your tow driver today. Would you like to pay the $75 in cash, check or charge? Or should I drop dead now and let you fix your flat tire?”
Hoffman should be the “cultural” blogger at the Chronicle. No doubt about it. He’s interesting and funny (and underneath the humor, pretty pointed).
