A few weeks ago, Chronicle metro columnist Rick Casey posted what was basically a rewrite of various stories from the Alice (TX) Echo News Journal on an odd fight over a puppy (he did credit the newspaper, which isn’t always the case).
Casey has followed up by taking a cue from the Chron Froot Loop bureau, and has posted a rewrite of the most recent developments in the great Alice puppy caper, as reported by Corpus Christi television news reporter Gabe Caggiano.
We’re still not sure why the Houston Chronicle (whose diminutive editor sometimes emphasizes “Houston”) employs an alleged hotshot metro columnist to rewrite reporting from small-market Texas newspapers and television stations, but maybe some readers find it compelling.
