THE KUNKLE-DODD BUSINESS

[standing, clapping] Matt Pulle gets it done. Pretty much everything you need to know about Chief Kunkle’s relationship with Sarah Dodd is in his story in the Observer and his follow-up post on their blog. I especially like his lead:

David Kunkle could have hung up the phone. Or bullied us into killing our story. He could have tried to guilt us by saying that he expected the Dallas Observer to be above writing gossip. Instead, the still-married Dallas police chief talked amiably about his fledgling relationship with television reporter Sarah Dodd even as he struggled with the same questions everyone has when they first date someone new.

Where exactly is this going?

The lead shows compassion. A mature sense of humor. As opposed to this line, which shows that Pulle is a real juvenile bastard:

This is the same world that greeted the revelation of Dodd’s relationship with Kunkle with glee, thinking it would stem the rise of an award-winning reporter with a penchant for rubbing people–though apparently not the chief–the wrong way.

Genius. [clapping harder]