Cavalier as ever. Live 105.3 talk-show host Russ Martin is so convinced the charges stemming from his July 18 arrest won’t stick that this week he turned down a slap-on-the-wrist plea bargain from Tarrant County prosecutors. According to a jurisprudence source, Martin snubbed an offer of a reduced charge –…
Kudos to The Star-Telegram for yesterday addressing the fairly startling revelation on Friday that the Fort Worth paper and its longtime rival The Dallas Morning News are considering some kind of collaboration. The piece, by Mitchell Schnurman, even refers to the news as a “stunning local example” of how papers…
A Friend of Unfair Park sends along this story out of Fort Worth concerning the Star-Telegram’s likely collaboration with rival The Dallas Morning News. Says Startlegram exec editor Jim Witt: “There is absolutely no intention of diluting the powerful individual brands of these two papers. We just want to find…
As I mentioned Tuesday night, T.D. Jakes, of The Potter’s House, was all over MSNBC during its Election Night coverage — up until he was bumped at the moment Ohio was called for Barack Obama. Jakes is about to get his own TV show courtesy Dr. Phil, and Broadcasting &…
The letter Lincoln may or may not have written to a woman who may or may not have lost her sons in the Civil War Last night, KXAS-Channel 5 ran a short piece about the Dallas Historical Society’s big find in its archives at Fair Park: a condolence letter from…
Our neighborhood was trashed overnight as dozens of A.H. Belo’s Briefings were dumped along the curbs and into the streets like it was some kind of prank. As you can see in the photo, I sorta, kinda got two of the freebies intended for non-Dallas Morning News subscribers — even…
Your suggestions for our Tom Leppert poster were, for the most part, undeniably strong, to the point where there’s been much bickering amongst Unfair Parkers today concerning the winning choice. There are four clear front-runners: “RAZE,” “SPEND,” “ERECT” and “HOTEL.” (Other personal favorites: “COPE,” “MARCH,” “DINERO” and “LEGACY.”) But, if…
Word out of 508 Young Street is that George Rodrigue, Dallas Morning News managing editor, has informed the staff of Dallas’s Only Daily that it’s fired up the presses this afternoon for a special reprinting of today’s paper, which is apparently historic or something? Turns out, folks have been streaming…
There have been many, many parodies of Shepard Fairey’s Obama “Hope” posters, few of which elicit even the faintest hint of a giggle. (Always did like the Luke Skywalker “New Hope” version, though the execution doesn’t top the concept.) What you see above is, of course, our version courtesy Observer…
See, there’s no such thing as bad publicity. I’ve recently received several emails curious in Live 105.3 talk-show host Russ Martin. Not in his “situation” per se – we’ve already covered that from incident to indictment – but more so in the fallout, if any, from his July arrest and…
Say it ain’t so. It’s so, ain’t it? Picked up my Dallas Morning News this morning – Went into the driveway and physically picked it up. I’m a dinosaur, ridicule away. – pulled out SportsDay and had a bright idea. For Halloween I will dress as a newspaper. Nothing scarier…
Always a delight to dial up ESPN.com to find a piece by Frank Luksa, who’s been spending the last little while dipping into the Dallas Cowboys Bag of Memories on behalf of the Worldwide Leader. Fine by me, as today he corrals some of Tom Landry’s men to find out…
As Observer editor Mark Donald, fellow staff writer Megan Feldman and I exited our car and headed to the elevators in the parking garage at the Belo Mansion yesterday afternoon, we bumped into staffers from D Magazine. It was my first opportunity to meet Adam McGill and Zac Crain, and…
Courtesy the Dallas Police Department I see Sam’s Friday-afternoon breakdown of the local network affiliates’ decision to air Dallas police dashboard-cam footage is the subject of an ethics posting on The Poyner Institute’s site today. There, Kelly McBride hails Mr. Merten’s dissection of the issue — which was, should Channels…
From Sunday’s Meet the Press, the battlegrounds? This morning, CNN’s Roland Martin takes a look at Dallas County and, sorta-kinda Harris County, and comes up with this conclusion: “Democrats may soon make Texas a competitive two-party state.” Martin’s analysis, I think it’s called, comes a mere three days after the…
The Audit Bureau of Circulations released its latest Monday-through-Friday circ stats this morning, and The Dallas Morning News, like most of the Top 25 dailies in the country, reported a substantial drop from the same period in 2007 — nearly 10 percent, to 338,933 copies daily. But, far as A.H…
KDFW-Channel 4 Fourth-grader Cole Berardi, who was killed last week after he was struck by a speeding Dallas police car By now, you are undoubtedly familiar with the sad story of Cole Berardi, the 10-year-old boy who died last week after he was struck by a police car while riding…
Texas A&M University Press Jon Stewart put it quite perfectly Wednesday night, when he was speaking of political pundits whose anonymous mugs have filled every last inch of TV-screen real estate in these weeks leading up to some kind of election we’re having. (Dunno, haven’t really been following it.) Said…
On Beliefnet, Rod Dreher shines some light on the darkness spreading through 508 Young St. today: “Just came into work to find that the long-announced layoffs have commenced. A dear friend and colleague whose husband works here just learned moments ago that he got the axe. Names are rolling in,…
Hulu, the greatest time-waste in the history of the second hand, takes us on a trip down Amnesia Lane with Historic Campaign Ads. Among them is this one from Dick Cheney’s 1978 Congressional campaign in Wyoming — and it’s all about his heart attack. Also, after the jump, Lyndon Johnson’s…
A Friend of Unfair Park directs our attention to the News Buyout 2008 blog, where, breaking news, Dallas’ Only Daily has begun laying off employees: “Newsroom staff members from across the building have been called into meetings and notified that they are being cut.” This follows Robert Decherd’s wage-freeze announcement…
Ernie and Jay are very, very generous — at least, in theory. Says so in a missive I received in the mail moments ago from 1080 on your AM dial: “Just to confirm …You’re now officially entered to win with NewsRadio 1080 KRLD AM. We’re giving away cold hard cash…
