Park Cities People Blog » We Beat Frontburner Again http://blog.peoplenewspapers.com Daily news devoted to the Park Cities. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:11:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Josh Hixson Gets Breaking News and Passes it Along to FrontBurner http://blog.peoplenewspapers.com/2008/08/27/josh-hixson-gets-breaking-news-and-passes-it-along-to-frontburner/ http://blog.peoplenewspapers.com/2008/08/27/josh-hixson-gets-breaking-news-and-passes-it-along-to-frontburner/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:07:23 +0000 Merritt Patterson http://blog.peoplenewspapers.com/?p=5719 People Newspaper’s own Josh Hixson scores scoop for other blogs, see for yourself.

]]> http://blog.peoplenewspapers.com/2008/08/27/josh-hixson-gets-breaking-news-and-passes-it-along-to-frontburner/feed/ First Lady Spotted At Stephan Pyles http://blog.peoplenewspapers.com/2008/08/15/first-lady-spotted-at-stephan-pyles/ http://blog.peoplenewspapers.com/2008/08/15/first-lady-spotted-at-stephan-pyles/#comments Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:37:09 +0000 JB Hayes http://blog.peoplenewspapers.com/?p=5648 Has anyone seen Laura Bush’s entourage around the Park Cities today?  She made a last minute reservation and dined at Stephan Pyles last night.  I’m wondering if she was back in town for another round of house hunting today.  Usually Candy Evans is first to share this news, but I have not seen anything today.  Overheardians, what is the word on the street?

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]]> http://blog.peoplenewspapers.com/2008/08/06/sorry-tim-rogers/feed/ Rowlett Upset Over ‘Shill’ Accusation http://blog.peoplenewspapers.com/2008/07/18/rowlett-upset-over-shill-accusation/ http://blog.peoplenewspapers.com/2008/07/18/rowlett-upset-over-shill-accusation/#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:42:05 +0000 Josh Hixson http://blog.peoplenewspapers.com/?p=5440 Preston Hollow resident and longtime local television-news anchor Tracy Rowlett decided this week to share with us his reasons for leaving KTVT (CBS Channel 11) and heading for Shale.TV. The online video channel is sponsored solely by Chesapeake Energy Corporation and is dedicated to covering the Barnett Shale. 

Rowlett said his decision to leave KTVT (CBS Channel 11) stemmed from his frustrations with current television news reporting practices.
“This isn’t really news that we are getting today. It is more of a smattering of less important information that is being presented for a specific age group,” Rowlett said. “That is women, 18 to 49. So we are getting a lot of car wrecks and fires and vanity pieces — that is the latest diet or the latest plastic surgery or whatever. But these are not important items in our community.”

Rowlett was also less than pleased about being called a shill by members of the Dallas media. 

“’He’s sold out, he’s a shill,’” Rowlett said as he parroted his critics from the confines of his Preston Hollow home. “That is the easiest thing in the world to say … It takes a little more brainpower to understand what we are doing.”

You can read more about it here. Once you’ve heard Tracy speak his peace, leave us your thoughts and opinions in the comments section. 

Do you think Tracy and the rest of the Shale.TV staff can provide an unbiased view of drilling in the Barnett Shale? Or is it some elaborate PR campaign aimed at improving Chesapeake Energy’s public image?  

]]> http://blog.peoplenewspapers.com/2008/07/18/rowlett-upset-over-shill-accusation/feed/ My Cat, Jingles, is a Star http://blog.peoplenewspapers.com/2008/06/26/my-cat-jingles-is-a-star/ http://blog.peoplenewspapers.com/2008/06/26/my-cat-jingles-is-a-star/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:44:55 +0000 Charles Geilich http://blog.peoplenewspapers.com/?p=5259 So, here it is, a link to the now-infamous story from last night’s Channel 5 newscast regarding the brutal home invasion suffered by my family at the paws of local raccoon ruffians, with particular emphasis of my cat’s reaction. Between fielding calls as my cat’s agent for national appearances and responding to complaints from the usual assortment of raccoons rights groups, I’ve barely gotten any work done today. The lovely and talented Lindsay Wilcox is the reporter, and the hard-working cameraman is Juan (sorry, I didn’t catch his last name).

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