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08 June 2006


Isiah Carey whips the Mayor's press shop into action
We're becoming big fans of KRIV-26 reporter Isiah Carey's blog.
At first, it was the free-wheeling nature of the thing that captured our attention. One suspects that KRIV's news director either doesn't read the blog or doesn't get that whole "internet" thing, as the material can be a little raw.
The last couple of days, it's been fun just to watch Carey getting the Mayor's press shop hopping.
It seems Carey recently interviewed Addie Wiseman for KRIV. The on-air report mainly dealt with the MediaSource issue. However, Carey later posted an allegation from Wiseman that Mayor White's office was/is ignoring her requests on behalf of her district constituents.
Mayor White's press shop wasn't going to let THAT go unchallenged, of course, and they zipped over documents that they contend disproves Wiseman's allegations, which Carey has put in a new post.
It's going to be disappointing if KRIV ever gets a real news site, and puts a tighter leash on Carey.
In the meantime, though, if all it takes is a little negative publicity to get the Mayor's office to swing into action, maybe we could convince Carey to post more about surging crime and HPD's manpower shortage.

NOTE: But honestly, I wasn't in any way interested in whipping the Mayor's office into shape. I just wanted to get their side on what appeared to be a legitimate concern from Council Member Addie Wiseman. And I know all the staffers over there and they're all professionals who will address any issue when they realize it's out there. But once again thanks for the kind words. I'm glad people take time out of their busy schedules to read The Insite...And thank you bloghouston.net