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Month: November 2005

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Journalists should report the news, not tell us what to think

November 11, 2005 Anne Linehan

Relating to yesterday’s post about KHOU-11’s stories on HISD testing materials, reporter Mark Greenblatt appears to be sending out a form letter in reply to HISD teachers who have written to him protesting the stories:

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Mayor White is soooo jealous

November 11, 2005 Anne Linehan

HISD has attained something the city of Houston hasn’t: Moody’s Investors Service raised the bond rating of the Houston Independent School District for the first time in nearly two decades — a move that administrators

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A textbook case of how to distort a story, courtesy of KHOU

November 10, 2005 Anne Linehan

KHOU-11’s Mark Greenblatt has been breathlessly reporting that HISD lost THOUSANDS of test booklets — both TAKS and Stanford Achievement — which, Greenblatt helps the viewer conclude, means that HISD testing is suspect. And even

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No Pulitzer for murderer who impersonated Katrina victim

November 10, 2005 Kevin Whited

Two Chronicle reporters note that escaped murderer Charles Victor Thompson impersonated a Katrina victim while on the run: Former escapee and condemned murderer Charles Victor Thompson posed as a Hurricane Katrina victim to get donations

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Chron editorialists go for the laughs

November 10, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle editorial board rushed to the defense of Mayor White’s SAFEclear program today. Incredibly, the editorial idealists committed this whopper to print: Whatever one might think of the Safe Clear program’s details, its rationale

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Casserly no longer untouchable

November 10, 2005 Kevin Whited

Today, the Chronicle‘s John Lopez penned a column that examines Texans GM Charley Casserly’s personnel decisions: “We’re 1-7, but we’re not a 1-7 team,” Casserly said. “This isn’t a sinking ship deal. I’m not trying

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Mayor White has "big plans" for second term

November 9, 2005 Anne Linehan

With 165,447 Houston voters giving him the thumbs up, Mayor White rolled to a second-term win yesterday. I was going to pull from Kristen Mack’s story, but Chron.com seems to be, ummm, in some kind

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A reverse Chron eye!

November 9, 2005 Kevin Whited

We’ve had a few laughs at the Chron Eye For The Death Row Killer Guy. Today, however, the Chronicle confounded us with what amounts to a reverse Chron Eye. Zeke Minaya actually profiled one of

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A sneak preview of the new Chron.com?

November 9, 2005 Kevin Whited

The good folks at the Chronicle have been hard at work on a redesign for their website. Earlier this morning, web visitors may have gotten a sneak preview of how it’s going to look. Chris

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Apparently, 70%+ are bigoted potential KKK members

November 9, 2005 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, Texas voters overwhelmingly (76.2%) approved Proposition 2, which affords constitution status to the traditional definition of marriage. Here in Harris County, 72.5% of voters approved Proposition 2. It is worth noting that a Houston

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