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Chron's "star" and TMi: dumbed-down and trashed-up

January 16, 2006 Anne Linehan

Chronicle Reader Rep. James Campbell disclosed that he often cringes when he turns to the TMi page in the “star” section on Wednesdays: […]most media entities, including the Houston Chronicle, are in our faces with

And why do people PAY to read Rick Casey?

January 15, 2006 Kevin Whited

Chronicle metro/state editorialist and gossip columnist comments today on the recent controversy over television stations that declined to run an attack ad by liberal advocacy groups opposed to Rep. Tom DeLay after DeLay’s legal team

Recent news reflected by new Chron poll on DeLay

January 15, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle released a survey on Rep. Tom DeLay by Richard Murray and Houston’s most happening political scientist Bob Stein over the weekend. One question on the survey seems a bit bizarre, as it appears

Food and drink roundup (01-15-2006 edition)

January 15, 2006 Callie Markantonis

The Food and Drink offerings have been a bit meager to start the year, but we’ll try to throw something together. Alison Cook reviewed downtown restaurant 17 as her last review of the year, and

Neighborhood Protection unit focuses on graffiti (updated)

January 15, 2006 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11 posts some good news on the city’s worsening graffiti problem — MayorWhiteChiefHurtt are finally paying attention: You might have seen it and police confirm it — graffiti is popping up in more places. Graffiti

Maximize your potential: Read Slampo

January 14, 2006 Kevin Whited

Slampo breaks one of his New Year’s Resolutions (not to take Chronicle pontificators so seriously), and it’s all sorts of fun for readers! Up first: Metro/state editorialist and gossip columnist Rick Casey’s Friday column. Here’s

When the urge to "flame" strikes, we recommend Bikram

January 14, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Editorial LiveJournalists were predictably worked up today over the Beda Kent story: When a female firefighter has to take a civil service test 12 hours after giving birth or postpone for years her

Mack covers Houston's newest talker

January 14, 2006 Kevin Whited

Earlier in the week, KHOU-11 ran a hit piece by Doug Miller on Councilmember Michael Berry’s new radio gig. Yesterday, the Chronicle‘s Kristen Mack ran a more balanced story on the city’s newest radio talker.

Still waiting for public meeting info from Metro

January 14, 2006 Anne Linehan

Hey, look! Metro’s website ISN’T broken: There will be no rail service between the UH-Downtown Station platform and Main Street Square Station northbound platform so that HP Houston Marathon runners can cross the tracks safely.

Are multiple online personas illegal?

January 14, 2006 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13’s Ted Oberg checks in on an ongoing legal dispute in Fort Bend County that pits a master planned community against a blogger for using multiple pseudonyms to generate negative online conservations about the said