There are really only about three things I can claim to do very well, and needless to say, investigative reporting is not one of them. Of course, that doesn't mean I can't scoop the famed Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
I recently reported posted about Robb Catalano running for Criminal District Court Number 3. I posted this about 10 days after I knew about it. The Star-Telegram reported it two days later. After me. Coincidently, I was in court the next week and heard about how the Star-Telegram called him up to interview him about his run. Apparently, they were embarrassed that they had not known about it sooner. They found out about it from "some legal blog." Their words, not mine.
So I know the Star-Telegram has fallen on hard times lately. With budget shortfalls and early retirements, there are many that fear Fort Worth's newspaper will go the way of the presumption of innocence. (Get it? That was a joke.)
I would like to think however that no matter how bad things get down at Amon Carter's newspaper, there would still be at least a modicum of journalistic integrity. I mean is that too much to ask?
So with that said, can I at least get a cite? I mean any sophomore journalism student knows to cite your sources, even if you developed a lot after the fact, right?
With that said, I'm hoping to one day open up the Star-Telegram and see a story coming out of the Justice Center, and at the bottom there be a cite to "Some Legal Blog." I'll take what I can get, I guess.
But what the hell do I know?
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