Is there a content directive at Belo against Bill White ?

[cfsteak]

Is this happening at their other outlets?

This from a WFAA Dallas broadcast 8/3/10

Reality Check: New ad for candidate White is misleading
http://www.wfaa.com/news/politics/New-ad-for-candidate-White-is-misleading-99902854.html

Video Here
http://www.wfaa.com/video?id=99902854&sec=552787

"Another graphic states that as Houston mayor, White “cut tax rates five times” out of six years.
That's true.
But since most Houston property owners saw their actual tax bills go up because of rising home values, it's misleading.

PolitiFact Texas, a feature of the Austin American Statesman, checked out White's claim and found from the Houston city data available during four of those five years the average value home tax bill went from $784 to $903 from 2006 to 2009."

I'm I picking nits
THIS IS A ******* TAX CUT

[hobbit709]

1. Beats the hell out of property tax rates here in Austin.

Here the valuation AND the rate went UP.

[sonias]

2. Very biased!

But of course with Belo it would be. Aren't they the Fox news of Texas?

This part really galls me too:

As voters learn more about White, they'll want answers — especially with the state's $18 billion budget gap.

And why the hell haven't they taken Rick Perry to task for the same issue? After all it happened on his watch and he's still not giving any full answers on how he plans to close the budget gap either. :mad:

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3. Belo in Houston rarely reports anything negative about Perry.

There is a good point about Belo. They do respond to viewer emails and have made changes before, so it can be productive to write to them about any complaints. Local news stations in most cities are usually more responsive to viewer emails. I think it is important to take the time to write if you see a story that's been omitted or reported with bias.