Posts Tagged ‘Fort Worth Star-Telegram’
Readers Blast Star-Telegram’s ‘Slanted’ Election Story
Jeff PrinceA story in Sunday’s Fort Worth Star-Telegram has irked residents who considered it biased and unfair. A growing number of Tarrant County residents are calling for new leadership on the Tarrant Regional Water District board, a...
Star-Telegram Lays Off Watchdog Columnist Dave Lieber
Jeff PrinceAnother round of layoffs at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram included this surprising pink slip — consumer watchdog columnist Dave Lieber is leaving the daily after 20 years. Lieber accepted the layoff with grace and his typi...
Different Lede, Same Nut Graf
Jeff PrinceThe economy sucks and everybody has to take a week off without pay. I’ve paraphrased, but that’s how Fort Worth Star-Telegram Publisher Gary Wortel began a March 22, 2010 inner office memo to staff. Here’s the...
One More Turkey: Star-Telegram’s Undercooked Turkey Awards
Andrew McLemoreThe Turkey Awards paper has long been one of the most beloved traditions among Weekly staffers, second only to hourly cigarette breaks and lunches consisting of bite-size candy bars. This annual ritual of lampooning the cowards...
More Ship-Jumping
STATICAnyone with business savvy can compare the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and The Dallas Morning News and spot the differences. The Star-T is owned by a struggling corporation in faraway California that is hip-deep in debt and slashi...
Ted Nugent Talks Obama, Guns At Billy Bob’s
Jeff PrinceThe president, “big” women, and machine guns were a few of the topics that redneck philosopher and rock guitarist Ted Nugent touched on during Saturday night’s performance at Billy Bob’s Texas. The Dalla...
Yank Wang: Star-Telegram’s Stroke Of Misfortune
Jeff PrinceFort Worth Star-Telegram layoffs in recent years means fewer writers and copy editors doing more work, and that can mean mistakes. Take Monday’s edition — The Section B banner story is “Texas’ 2011 overt...
Chris Kelly Leaves the Field to Me
Kristian LinI remember being irritated the first time I read Christopher Kelly’s film criticism. I had just recently taken over the equivalent job at the Weekly when he was brought in to be the Star-Telegram‘s leading film crit...
Top Editor, Movie Critic Among Latest Star-T Casualties
Jeff PrinceAnother season, more layoffs. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reportedly laid off another dozen employees, most of them in the newsroom. This follows a downsizing trend that’s been going on for several years at the city̵...
Star-Telegram Caves In To Fear, Oh My
Jeff PrinceThe Fort Worth Star-Telegram decided not to print this week’s Doonesbury comic strips that reveal the hoops Texas women must jump through when seeking a safe and legal abortion. Texas abortion laws require women to get a ...