Dallas--Our Pathetic Local Rag

[CoolOnion]

You know how we're always saying the Dallas Morning News doesn't know what's going on in the world? Well, no wonder--they don't even know what's going on outside Dallas County. Check out this editorial blog post from Keven Ann Willey, vice president/editorial page editor for The Dallas Morning News. Apparently, she never looked at any highway signs (she spells "Cleburne" "Cleburn") and obviously--though she writes of the charming town square--never looked at the statue of the man the town was named for, Confederate General Hiram Granbury, because she spells the name of the town "Granberry" throughout...

http://dallasmorningviews.beloblog.com/
December 27, 2005
Christmas
And yesterday was fun, too. It was such a lovely day that Georges and I took the 1966 MG out with the top down and drove to Cleburn State Park. The drive to Cleburn was rather so-so and the state park very nice but rather ordinary.

But then we decided to return to Dallas by way of Nemo, Rainbow and Granberry. That was the best idea of the day. What a LOVELY drive. Winding, wooded roads across rolling hills with delightful skylines and views. And Granberry? Fabulous. The best little town square we've seen in small town Texas and bustling with post-holiday activity. The shops are adorable and most had 50 percent day-after sales going on, so, of course, G and i did our part for the local economy.

Plus, they have a ton of bed and breakfasts and sweet picnic areas. We didn't even get to check out the lake. But we'll be back. What a fun place it would be for a daylong picnic, or maybe a romantic overnight....

No wonder our neighbor the dentist has moved his practice from Dallas to Granberry and is now looking to sell his townhome so he can live - as well as work - there!

8:36 AM | Keven Ann Willey (More) | Respond | Permalink

[Maestro]

1. My gawd!

I stop taking the DMN years ago because of its insistence on being such an extreme right rag and this twit is just ignorant.

[sui generis]

2. Her editor needs an ass chewing too

that is funny - I'm sure she's going to get an earful.

[Liberal In Texas]

7. Yes, the editor or editors

(they used to have 2 read a story to check on each other, but now days with their budget cuts, who knows?)
should be horse whipped. Inexcusable.

[Gman]

3. She thinks its a "LOVELY drive" to drive through

urbanized small towns? She thinks the skyline views were "delightful"? Granberry has the "best little town square in small town Texas"? Where is this woman from? New Jersey? Does she ever venture out of the Metroplex very far? Granted Cleburn State Park is a ways out, but I just don't see any of that area as rural anymore.

[liveoaktx]

6. Sounds like she went down 67 and then snaked over to 144 to Granbury

It's tacky that an EDITOR can't even bother to check her spellings of the two main towns she was in.

[Gman]

8. Granberry - Granbury

Hell, I live in South San Antonio and hate it when I have to drive to the Metroplex.

[CoolOnion]

4. Link to screenshot

I put the screenshot in my photobucket album, if anyone would like to see it, or use it for your own purposes! (Help yourselves to anything else in there, too).
http://photobucket.com/albums/y17/CoolOnion/

[crispini]

5. Good Gad, how long has she lived in the area?

:eyes:

[Maestro]

9. Probably not long

DMN is owned by Belo, a big time corporation with ties to Washington.