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The Chronicle examines one 527 group

October 5, 2004 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle has spent a fair amount of column space reporting on the donators to the 527 group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. Indeed, given the opening sentence in today’s article from D.C. bureau reporter

Equal time for endorsements?

October 5, 2004 Kevin Whited

Last week, Anne Linehan poked fun at the Chronicle for displaying its killer journalistic instincts in going after a big story: the Crawford, TX Lone Star Iconoclast‘s endorsement of Senator John Kerry for President. While

Marvin Zindler fulfills an unusual request

October 5, 2004 Kevin Whited

Marvin Zindler is one of those media personalities who just can’t be explained to non-Houstonians. He enjoyed momentary fame outside of town when his character was played by Dom Deluise in The Best Little Whorehouse

Jim Jones profiles Joel Osteen

October 4, 2004 Kevin Whited

Jim Jones profiles Lakewood Church’s Joel Osteen in an AP article that quite a few publications have picked up: The Rev. Joel Osteen is a rising star among America’s TV evangelists. He is the pastor

Chronicle reader rep takes on trash

October 4, 2004 Kevin Whited

Houston Chronicle reader representative James T. Campbell gets rare column space today for an article on… a proposed Fondren Southwest trash transfer station? No doubt, the trash transfer station is an important issue to folks

GPS, EZ Tags, Transtar, and other concerns

October 4, 2004 Kevin Whited

Lucas Wall penned a column for the Chronicle today discussing research by transportation officials from several states (including Texas) on alternative funding mechanisms for the gasoline tax. The notion is that the gasoline tax might

Go 'Stros!

October 3, 2004 Kevin Whited

How about those Astros? They charged into the playoffs today after most everyone — this blogger included — had given them up for dead a couple of months ago. The usual staid analysis from the

Motorists complain about inadequate TXDOT signage

October 3, 2004 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Wendell Edwards reports that motorists are having difficulties because of inadequate signage around TXDOT’s ongoing I-10/610 construction: One driver who decided to change lanes at the last minute ended up stuck in the median.

Chron editors misrepresent unreleased study

October 3, 2004 Kevin Whited

In a staff editorial today, the Chronicle endorses the smoking ban that has been proposed by Councilwoman Shelley Sekula-Gibbs. One can’t help but think that the city ought to be considering more important issues than

Bad air in Houston

October 3, 2004 Kevin Whited

By all accounts, ozone levels in Houston last week reached unhealthy levels that should please nobody. However, it’s interesting to compare the headlines that different news outlets applied to the news: Groups disagree on severity