Comments on: When a Headline Tells the Wrong Story: Piling on DISD

By: Andrea

Andrea — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:46:33 +0000

1. “Steve Blow strikes back, hinting that Tim might be arrested smoking crack.”
I re-read his message just to double-check before posting this, and his message says nothing of the kind. He does respond to a post from Tim in which *Tim* suggests that might happen? Is that the message you’re slamming?

2. “Dallas teacher” can easily mean a teacher who lives in Dallas. It is common in news headlines to indicate the city associated with the non-famous person who has made the news, and as already was mentioned, some jobs simply will always be newsworthy in certain contexts. If the headline had said “DISD teacher,” then I think you’d have a much stronger case.

By: Unworthy Bum

Unworthy Bum — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:17:07 +0000

Want more DISD? http://unworthybum.wordpress.com/2008/10/31/not-rifd-the-crack-smokin-special-ed-teacher/

By: ziggurat

ziggurat — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:43:53 +0000

Just imagine the scandal if he’d been caught smoking crack while driving AND talking on a cellphone in an HP school zone.
By the way, Johann said it best.

By: JD

JD — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:28:43 +0000

And Julia Roberts will always be “Pretty Woman” . . . just as Tim will always be “Mr. (used to be) Funny Guy”

By: Trey Garrison

Trey Garrison — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:52:46 +0000

Steve Blow strikes back, hinting that Tim might be arrested smoking crack.

http://metrocolumnistsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/10/re-cracksmoking-person-who-hap.html

You stay classy, Steve.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:50:12 +0000

WOW! First the Observer and now the DMN. It’s Bully Tim!

By: Amy S

Amy S — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:20:21 +0000

Oh, and NOTHING drives hits to a blog like “Free Booze”, IJS.

By: Amy S

Amy S — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:19:36 +0000

@Insider: We refer to her as the “Like a Virgin” girl.

By: Amy S

Amy S — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:18:15 +0000

Yowza LakeWWWooder, that’s amazing. My son just started Mock Trial, he kinda likes it (said proudly the mom who can’t wait to say “My son, the attorney”).

By: LakeWWWooder

LakeWWWooder — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:15:14 +0000

Another lighter note (must match Hexter or is that Hillcrest? supporter):

Woodrow’s 2nd in State Competition Mock Trial Team has been invited to Harvard. Do you think that will make the headlines in TDMN?