Accidental Houston Chronicle memo admits to tainting the news with political agenda

recieved in an email from a copy of the Chronicle website last Thursday ^ | houston chronicle memo

[GOPcapitalist]

Here's their retraction on their website:

"An internal Houston Chronicle document was mistakenly posted to the editorial/opinion area of the Web site early Thursday morning. We apologize for any confusion it may have caused." - http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/editorial/outlook/1672673

[goldstategop]

It must have been a directive from Lee Brown's office. And yes Texas, Houston's that corrupt.

[Jean S]

Ping.

[GOPcapitalist]

Houston bump!

[jimt]

That the Carbuncle has been a cheerleader for the ludicrous transit projects is no surprise. It's wonderful to see them caught with their pants down, admitting that they slant the news to further one of their leftist causes.

Their lovely "project" is nothing more than a way to transfer money from the taxpayers' pockets to their favored few. It's theft, pure and simple.

Thanks for the post !!

[weegee]

The Chronicle has always been corrupt. Check the released information from LBJ's late 1990s document dump.

[Southack]

The funny part about the Houston Chronicle's never-ending support of rail and never-ending battle against highways is that Americans are more convinced now than ever that modern cars are superior to 19th century trains for solving most personal and commercial transportation issues...

In other words, the Leftists at the Chronicle have picked the side that will continue to make them less popular with the public at large.

Good riddance.

[weegee]

The "confusion" must have been, "Why is the Comical shooting straight and telling the real story behind their bias for once?".

[BUSHdude2000]

Ping to Houstonites.

[GOPcapitalist]

It must have been a directive from Lee Brown's office

Based on all the typos I would tend to agree.

"The world is our oyster. We want to open it." - Mayor Lee P. Brown, 1/2/2002

[NativeNewYorker]

Any town that would elect David Dinkins' police chief....

[Brian Mosely]

Damn...so much for objectivity. While publishers often direct the coverage of their papers, it's pretty rare when this kind of thing gets leaked that contains this sort of specific instructions on coverage. I wonder if this making onto the website was really an accident. Maybe it's some fed up writer blowing the lid off of what he thought was a bogus and biased assignment.

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

Liberals always want other people to ride the train. They want the freedom to drive their own vehicles while the unwashed masses crowd into cattle cars.

[backhoe]

Light Rail- Boon or Boondoggle? The Quest for the Holy Rail....

[weegee]

A couple of years ago there was a proposal being discussed to prohibit people from driving their car when they choose. Alternate ideas were to prohibit the use of the vehicle based on the lead off letter/number of the plate or to force companies to require that 25% or more of the workforce commute (by rail, bus, or carpool).

[GOPcapitalist]

Maybe it's some fed up writer blowing the lid off of what he thought was a bogus and biased assignment.

That was my suspicion too. They've already started to implement the memo anyway though. The first installment was in today's paper at http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/metropolitan/1675912

We need to spread this memo far and wide so every future step can be anticipated.

[goldstategop]

Sounds like a project right up the Gorebatross's alley.

[Liberal Classic]

There isn't a more critical issue on the horizon. I propose a series of editorials, editorial cartoons and Sounding Board columns leading up to the rail referendum, with this specific objective: Continuing our long standing efforts to make rail a permanent part of the transit mix here.

I once wrong a letter to the editor that if people want light rail, they can go to Hermann Park and ride the choo choo.

Needless to say, it didn't get printed.

"We're the Chronical, and we're the only game in town."

[friendly]

Awesome investigative reporting! Congratulations to you Texas Freepers.

What I wouldn't give to read similar instructions like this from CNNCBSNBCABCNYTIMESWASHPOSTMSNBC (Drudge style), ording the massive distortion of news reporting we see.

You just know they exist.