July 01, 2004, 06:59 AM
A KSEV message board?
Richard Connelly, whom I've long described as a great media critic and one of my favorite writers in this town, writes about this website in his weekly HairBalls column for the Houston Press.
Almost.
Connelly was writing about Dan Patrick's post about Jon Matthews and some of the pro-Matthews comments:
Former KSEV-AM radio host Jon Matthews was one of the city's top Clinton-bashers, and in Houston that's saying something. Frothing rants at the despicable, craven, disgusting Satan-spawn that was the 42nd president were a nonstop topic for Matthews. So it was a little surprising when he pleaded guilty June 21 to indecency with a child. (Matthews, not Clinton.)
A KSEV message board was subsequently filled with posts, almost all of which expressed shock, dismay and prayers for the family of the young girl involved. But not all....
A KSEV message board?
You're too good for that, Mr. Connelly. You know this isn't a KSEV “message board.” It's not a message board at all! You can't help but know EXACTLY what we're up to here, because you're a media critic. A darn good one. And a darn good media critic can't have missed the rise of media watchdog blogs over the past couple of years. You may disagree with us, you may think our quality is poor, and you may well be disturbed to know I count your News Hostage work as personal inspiration, but at least describe us fairly.
If a Houston Press editor squashed an accurate reference to this site, I suppose I can sympathize. But it's still disappointing from a columnist who's done such good work holding the local press to account over the years.
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