Kevin Whited, Author at blogHOUSTON

A different kind of Chron eye

July 11, 2006 Kevin Whited

In the past, we’ve made fun of the Chron Eye for the Death Row Killer Guy, in which Chronicle writers go out of their way to profile cold-blooded killers in the best possible light. Yesterday,

Earle sues to block Chronicle information request

July 11, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle posts an AP story about… the Chronicle: Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle is suing to keep secret the details about his investigation of indicted former House majority leader Tom DeLay. The Houston

KHOU profiles Gordon Bethune

July 11, 2006 Kevin Whited

Last week, KHOU-11’s Dan Lauck checked in on retired Continental Airlines executive Gordon Bethune. Here is an excerpt that illustrates Bethune’s moxie: Bethune concedes times have been tough. Continental has lost money two straight years.

Essence Festival organizers disappointed with Houston, Tollett

July 8, 2006 Kevin Whited

As KRIV-26 reporter Isiah Carey noted on his blog before anybody else really picked up the story, Essence Festival bigwigs and visitors were apparently not very happy with Houston’s hosting of the event out at

If only twentysomethings would believe we're world class…

July 7, 2006 Kevin Whited

A Chronicle story by Mike Snyder that ran on Thursday got really close to being insightful before veering off in a sadly predictable direction. The money excerpt begins with the lede: For years, the thought

What does incest breed?

July 6, 2006 Kevin Whited

Rich Connelly takes the Chronicle to task for recent spin over some reporting in the vaunted features section: As we’ve noted before, newspapers love to brag when staffers win journalism awards. The Houston Chronicle has

Editorial LiveJournalists advise on meatpacking

July 6, 2006 Kevin Whited

On Wednesday, the Chronicle‘s Editorial LiveJournalists used one of their two chances to comment on the issues of the day to… advise us all on how meat should be packed (commenting on a story that

Strange priorities at the city pound

July 6, 2006 Kevin Whited

Forum member Hou-nerd called our attention to a KPRC-2 story that takes a hard look at the city’s animal shelter. Here’s an excerpt: Dozens and dozens of animals are stuck in the city’s shelter and

Ken Lay

July 5, 2006 Kevin Whited

So, I get on a plane for a few hours, and Ken Lay dies. Everything is supposed to stay quiet when I’m away for a few days! Anyway, this isn’t exactly “news” by now, but

Chronicle reports on METRO's fare planning

July 4, 2006 Kevin Whited

We commented on METRO’s plans to increase transit fare revenues back on June 27, thanks to a heads up from Laurence Simon. Yesterday, the Chronicle‘s transportation reporter Rad Sallee wrote about the possible likely fare