Page Two: Not Rocket Science

Public discourse has abandoned reasoned debate in favor of irrationality and insult

"...rightists, conservatives, liberals, Luddites, globalists, conspiracy theorists, capitalists, anti-capitalists, media pundits, reactionaries, radicals, anarchists, unacknowledged fascists, extreme environmentalists, and..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Column by Louis Black

The Hightower Report

Economic Indicators for Real People; and Swine Flu? Shame on You.

"...Most economists, media outlets, and politicos judge economic performance by such statistical..."

Nov. 13, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower

Sanders Shooting

Independent investigators criticize internal review of APD shooting

"...II concluded that the APD Internal Affairs investigation was biased, reads a heavily redacted version of the report prepared..."

Oct. 9, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Page Two: Rules of Disorder

The best democracy is a messy one

"...to them is intellectual and removed, not engaged and immediate. If someone agrees with a piece, he or she..."

July 10, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: R.I.P.

Edwin 'Bud' Shrake and Stephen Bruton

"...past is now privileged, however, requires an absurd, romantic bias in which any consideration of the present is not..."

May 15, 2009 Column by Louis Black

If One Party Is Bankrupt, Two-Party Rule Doesn't Work

"...side must regroup and make itself relevant. Finally, the media is forced to see the world differently and perhaps..."

Feb. 2, 2009 Postmarks

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...Media outlets nationwide are bemoaning the results of a study..."

Nov. 28, 2008 News Feature

Dead Dogs Don't Lie

If your pet escapes, pray for Animal Control

"...No people were in immediate danger of Butter that day. According to Bryant's report,..."

July 4, 2008 News Feature by Laurel Chesky

'Chronicle' Biased Against Public-Access Television

"...PACT Teapot" [News, Feb. 8], by Wells Dunbar, is biased. First, the public-access television producers are branded "wild, woolly,"..."

Feb. 7, 2008 Postmarks

Hate Crimes in Texas: A Breakdown

According to the FBI, Austin came in fourth among Texas cities in number of hate crimes reported in 2006

"...are 7,722 criminal incidents involving 9,080 offenses resulting from bias against race, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity/national origin, or physical..."

Nov. 30, 2007 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

Reefer Madness: Closing the Crack-Cocaine Gap

U.S. Sentencing Commission votes to close disparate gap between federal sentencing guidelines related to crack and powder cocaine

"...of 1986 became law at the height of the media-fed moral panic over the use of crack. (The crack-overdose..."

June 15, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith

Denying Reality With Psychotic Whorish Lies

"...to the question. Then Louis Black calls the liberal bias of the media "nonexistent," refers to anti-affirmative action as..."

Jan. 2, 2007 Postmarks

Page Two: Red-State Specials

In the current political climate, reasoned debate turns too easily to ideological hate

"...corporations, Republican partisans, right-wing talk-radio hosts, the (nonexistent) liberal bias of the media, satanic anti-Christian fanatics, Masons, or the..."

Dec. 29, 2006 Column by Louis Black

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Our readers talk back.

"...as a news story and as confirmation of unseemly bias in the Statesman's environmental reporting...."

May 12, 2006 Column

Down With Smoking Ban

"...we continue to disagree with the way almost all media frame this story [“Blue Lines to White Sheets,” News,..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Postmarks

Smoking Ban Seriously Hurting Small Businesses

"...we continue to disagree with the way almost all media frame this story. It is not, for most of..."

Jan. 10, 2006 Postmarks

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Our readers talk back.

"...Minutemen Article BiasedDear Editor,..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Column

Most Radical, Least Objective Reporting

"...and important items that aren't covered by the corporate media giants or the sensationalist local news outlets, but the..."

Nov. 9, 2005 Postmarks

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"...July 1]. Seems to be a bit of a bias on the part of Margaret Moser, even when reviewing..."

July 8, 2005 Column

Get Your War On

The Rude Mechanicals' 'Get Your War On' bulldozes through the buried media and lost horrors of the post-9 / 11 years with a sarcasm that strikes sparks

"...curse and argue world politics through a highly Americanized bias. Actors personify pen-and-ink sketches of clean-cut corporate employees. In..."

May 6, 2005 Arts Review by Heather Barfield Cole

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Our readers talk back.

"...Sal Costello and his group AustinTollParty.com shows yet another media grab-ass for the politicians who have controlled Austin's destiny..."

May 6, 2005 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...on so many fronts, to begin to awaken the media to its responsibility as a standard bearer. Issues please...."

Nov. 5, 2004 Column

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"...The media appears trapped in a numerical vortex. The recent frenzy..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...Austin. Both writers presented interesting, insightful views free of bias. It is refreshing to have talented, well-informed journalists writing..."

June 27, 2003 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...be distracted by campaigning from either side -- the media and the public need to look at this situation..."

May 23, 2003 Column

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"...Your endorsements will certainly elicit the usual claims of bias from Republicans and Libertarians [see p.6]. As a Libertarian..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Column

KXAN's Aluminum Siding

KXAN does publicity work for Alcoa, disguised as news reporting.

"...story about a story?" he asked. Yes, it's called media coverage. "Well, has there been any attempt on your..."

Sept. 21, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

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A fresh melange of reader responses to our recent issues.

"...no-nonsense excoriation of the Real Estatesman for their unabashed bias in pushing the corporate agenda without regard to local..."

May 25, 2001 Column

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Readers are baffled by the Chronicle's "no endorsement" for the mayoral race.

"...that you are capable of covering city news without bias and pettiness. In so doing, you have done a..."

April 28, 2000 Column

Santa Claus Is dot.Coming

Some off-kilter suggestions for the online shopper interested in more than Amazon.com.

"...minty!"). Dr. Pepper Museum http://www.drpeppermuseum.com/ I admit a personal bias: At times there's more Dr. Pepper than blood flowing..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

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