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Linkpost: 08/14/09

August 14, 2009 Kevin Whited

It’s the “I am a doctor, but not a physician” edition of local blog talk. Enjoy the links! One Hundred Years of Sugar-tude (Or Maybe Half Of That) (Slampo's Place) Could the Chron ditch the

Another Chron adventure in bad journalism (updated)

August 13, 2009 Kevin Whited

It has not been a very good week or so for the Houston Chronicle. Recall that the newspaper recently violated their own letters policy by running two letters by Andrew Prieditis within several days. As

Houston Press documents two Chron adventures in bad journalism

August 11, 2009 Kevin Whited

The Chron‘s junior metro/state diarist Lisa Falkenberg ventured outside of her comfort zone today to try, once again, to cover a grownup topic. The effort wasn’t much more successful than her first foray into the

Chron columnist burger smackdown!

August 11, 2009 Kevin Whited

Nearly two years ago, Chron editor Jeff Cohen’s reputed distaste for his scribes’ endorsing products on the radio seemingly led to the departure of one Chron sports columnist (John Lopez, who chose to stick with

Linkpost: 08/11/09

August 11, 2009 Kevin Whited

Here’s a new set of local blog links, guaranteed mostly dim-free or your money back! Apparently Houston's a Little Dim (Lose an Eye, It's a Sport) If you only click on one link in the

Chronicle Doing Its Part? Or Just Coincidence?

August 10, 2009 Jason

Today the Chronicle has a gigantic header about the deaths caused by medical mistakes. DEAD BY MISTAKE!!!!!!!!!! That got everyone’s attention, didn’t it? I encourage everyone to read the whole article for yourself. It’s filled

The arrogance of METRO (cont'd)

August 10, 2009 Kevin Whited

The poor Chron.com metro/state editors have been having a time of it lately. The Chron.com edition of a weekend story by Bradley Olson on the mayoral candidates’ timid approach to crime repeated grafs, which nobody

Timid mayoral candidates reject "drastic" approach to crime

August 10, 2009 Kevin Whited

Houston’s three mayoral contenders — and even the other guy in the race — all agree that we need more police on the street and need “smarter” policing. None of them really goes into much

Linkpost: 08/09/09

August 9, 2009 Kevin Whited

It’s time to clear out the weekend blog link backlog and get ready for the week. Enjoy! Standing on the Verge of Getting It On: Peter Brown, the Friends ’n’ Family Candidate for Mayor, and

METRO board: We're not a rubber-stamp; we just all vote like it

August 9, 2009 Kevin Whited

The chair of METRO’s board doesn’t like being called a rubber stamp for CEO Frank “Procurement Disaster” Wilson. Nevertheless, a board that once had vigorous debates no longer does, and votes almost seem predetermined. To