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03-23-2008 11:51 PM |
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Originally Posted by macallan25
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I have heard similar stories about how they used to be.
The coverage of Tyler was just completely over the line and so incredibly disrespectful........especially to his poor family, who are extremely good people. They didn't deserve it at all. I do agree though, that's the way the media is these days....all of them, not just the DT.
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It is a damn shame the Cross family has had to deal with all that media coverage. At the end of the day this was a sad tragedy that had no business in the news. The general public was not benefitted at all by hearing about it. But unfortunately there are lots of dull and ignorant people out there who need someone else's tragedy to fill their minds.
In terms of how the Daily Texan used to be, I sometimes wish I had saved copies. The editorial section was especially insane.
But I do have recollections of two editorial sections in particular. One was a rebuttal to a previous article about public displays of affection between homosexuals. In the letter a very angry and militant person went on and on about how every time she saw a wedding ring she felt offended and oppressed and it just went downhill from there. It was the writing of a true mental case.
Another time the DT did a profile on Mother Teresa and the editorial the next day railed against her and accused her of being part of an international child molestation conspiracy etc. etc. I will be the first person to state that I do believe the Catholic Church has long condoned child molestation by virtue of a failure to act on it, but to lay all that on Mother Teresa and say she was inherently evil?
I dunno. I wish I had the articles to type up and post since I cannot even begin to describe the sheer lunacy and conjecture involved.
Simply put, there was a time when that paper was in the hands of lunatic liberals who had absolutely no ability or desire to support their ridiculous articles with facts or rational logic. Conservatives have our loonies too- like pro-lifers who kill abortion doctors- but the fact is that for a long time the DT was more of a place for fringe element lefties to spout their hateful rhetoric than it was a serious publication addressing legitimate issues for students.
But I never really cared about that. The sports page and the crossword have never changed- and that is all the value I ever got out of that publication. |
