tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post1485506126590467642..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Texas Tribune will compete with public policy coverage, original reportingGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-75034323052277880252009-07-29T14:01:47.339-05:002009-07-29T14:01:47.339-05:00Let's hope that Smith and Thornton do real jou...Let's hope that Smith and Thornton do real journalism. If their model is a sort of state version of The New York Times, then forget it. <br /><br />Will they be committed to honesty? Will they copy the AP-style of habitual lying, euphemisms and obsequiousness to the rich and powerful? <br /><br />Here in Houston there's a daily newspaper that simply takes HPD and Harris County SO press releases, rewrites them to edit out descriptions of suspects, and then prints them as "news." They have no problem describing the color of the car that suspects drive off in, but frequently they simply edit out the description of the suspects themselves. <br /><br />The same newspaper repeats the words of Obama, Clinton and Holder as gospel. <br /><br />Their readership shrinks, their paper physically is smaller than it was, and their columnists constantly snipe at bloggers. <br /><br />I hate the term "investigative journalist." If you call yourself a journalist, and you're not investigating, then what exactly are you doing? Serving as a stenographer to power? <br /><br />I can't wait to see their venture.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-20116350401252945802009-07-21T21:47:52.125-05:002009-07-21T21:47:52.125-05:00So who becomes CEO at the Monthly, Pink?
PlatoSo who becomes CEO at the Monthly, Pink?<br /><br />PlatoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com