The Chronicle‘s Caucasian Think Tank* had a few problems in their one editorial in today’s tiny newspaper.
The trouble starts with the lede:
Houston Community College Board Chairman Abel Davila pulled one of the more dramatic no-shows in Houston’s electoral history last week, when he failed to file for re-election.
The problem is that the filing deadline wasn’t last week, but on 2 September — nearly two weeks ago.
The Chronicle reported on the filings, but local bloggers actually described the significance of the Davila maneuver before the newspaper, which got around to that angle in a 5 September story.
And that brings us to the second problem with today’s editorial:
A Chronicle op-ed written by Davila effusively praising HCC Chancellor Mary Spangler that ran the day after he failed to file contained no mention that he wouldn’t be around to enjoy her future company at board meetings.
The op-ed actually ran in the 5 September edition, the same day as the belated Chron news story on the filing intrigue (but several days after the filing deadline). This was also noted on local blogs at the time.
Is it too much to ask for timely topics and minimal fact-checking from the Chronicle editorial board?
They would have been better off outsourcing to local bloggers on this one.
* Cory Crow’s amusing nickname for the editorial board that was formed after the March 2009 bloodletting.
