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Tuesday, July 8, 2008
“Bachelorette” chooses, Haas news stirs mud
Two observations about yesterday:
“The Bachelorette” must have made a true-love choice in last night’s finale.
And seriously, some of you guys are really mean-spirited about our local news folks.
SPOILER ALERT: We’ll dispense with the first obvservation first. “Bachelorette” DeAnna bypassed the classically cute Jason, a 31-year-old account executive, and handed her rose to Jesse, a professional snowboarding dude who looks more than a little goofy.
One can only wonder exactly what DeAnna’s attraction was to this Jesse guy, but love is blind and all that. Will the faux engagement turn into a real marriage? Don’t bet on it.
Now, back to the nasty response to our news that KVUE anchor Christine Haas is leaving Austin to take a job with KHOU in Houston.
Some of you just couldn’t have been nicer, some of you couldn’t have been more cynical and critical. That’s all good. But others, well, it’s a good thing that I get to delete inappropriate blog comments before they appear on line.
If you’re one of those nasty folks (and you know who you are), here’s the guideline for exclusion: no foul language, no exceedingly mean comments about physical attributes, no sexual references, no libelous comments or super-personal suggestions about a person’s private life.
The meanness that accompanied last night’s Haas-news blog spread to other local newsies in speculation about a possible replacement. Some of the comments may be appropriate for TMZ.com but not for this TV blog that proudly waves under the banner of this newspaper.
So keep those comments coming in — make them critical, make them snide and snarky, make them observational, whatever.
But ask yourself: Would I say this to the person’s face? If the answer is no, don’t write it in a public forum.
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