Or is it the "Eagle, featuring the Texas Tribune"? Regardless, the reliance by the Eagle on an agenda-driven "news" site, is, IMO, another nail in the coffin of credible journalism.

The Tribune claims to be "nonpartisan", but is molded after 60 Minutes style of reporting: selective information, often "true", but also incomplete. And a complete avoidance of critical stories about one (un-named) political party..

And I'm prepared for the "who reads the Eagle / there's still a newspaper?" responses....

We haven't had a local paper for years.
The Eagle is just cut n paste from the AP (American Propaganda) and the Texas Tribune. The Texas Tribune was funded by George Soros to get it going.
Gaslighting the Brazos Valley every day.

Neither the newspaper or KBTX are particularly reflective of the market they serve. It's weird but welcome to mass media in 2022.

The AP and Texas Tribune both lean to the left-center and have an above average rating for factual reporting, according to many online sources. They are far from MSNBC, CNN and that ilk.

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The Texas Tribune was funded by George Soros to get it going.

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It was funded by an Austin entrepreneur named John Thornton.

KBTX outsources much of their content to the Tx Tribune and what they don't is given to their local reporters trying to build a portfolio of content to submit to the Tribune for a job IMHO. Very sad state of affairs. The Tribune tries to "cover" their left bend with factual reporting on some issues that is pretty good. Very NYT like - just cause the NYT does some good stories and investigations doesn't change who they are overall.

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The AP and Texas Tribune both lean to the left-center and have an above average rating for factual reporting, according to many online sources. They are far from MSNBC, CNN and that ilk.

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The "news" sites you reference set a very low bar, for real news. The Tribune claiming to be nonpartisan is my heartburn, and the former editor (canned from his job) of the Eagle agreed some of their stories had a clear bias...and I guess the readers had to determine which ones

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Or maybe you're no longer reflective of the market they serve. It's great, and welcome to 2022!

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Rusty?

No. They absolutely read the room wrong. If they were legitimate journalists, they would present both sides, as the Brazos Valley has a high concentration of educated citizens who can be trusted to make a decision when presented with both sides. Instead, they resort to half truths and trickery. And they are dying because of it.

Haven't bought a paper in years. Recognize the Texas Tribune bs on KBTX. It's wise to only watch the sports and weather.

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Or maybe you're no longer reflective of the market they serve. It's great, and welcome to 2022!

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You might wish for that to true but it's just not.

The Eagle should really try and up their local reporting. I had a subscription for several years... But then realized 75% was AP content that you can get for free online.

Maybe cut back to 3 days per week print and make it completely local. I feel like that may actually help subscriptions.

Most media leans left; lately they've leaned even harder. There is little balance anymore but nothing will come of it because it's the inmates running the asylum.

The main steam media and newspapers have a clear agenda. Go read a Chronicle article from 15 years ago and compare it today. It's disturbing.

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Or maybe you're no longer reflective of the market they serve. It's great, and welcome to 2022!

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Yeah, you are wrong. Get back to everyone here after Election Day. We'll talk about what market is being served after Soyboy Beta loses Brazos County by 30.

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Or maybe you're no longer reflective of the market they serve. It's great, and welcome to 2022!

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HAHAHAHA

Checked the voting patterns of the Brazos Valley? I'm not renewing my subscription to the Eagle-Texas Tribune. The editorials are hard left. I read a few paragraphs of most editorials and stop because it's propaganda. It's a shame because I want to read local news stories and HS sports. I will get that info off of the internet.

And KBTX is just as ridiculous. I don't watch as much as I used to. The climate change bs and Beto fawning in 2018 was laughable. Shell acts like it's never been hot. We have a drought every decade or so. It's not out of the norm. There's plenty of data showing climate change is a grift/power grab. Like I always say... follow the money.

It is a huge problem that such a conservative area can't have a 50/50 newspaper or news station.

I hear this journalism department issue frequently but am not convinced it would have hardly any impact, especially nationally. We are one school.

Plus, there are leftist loons who are professors that still teach at our school. They were there when I went to school and are still present.

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It is a huge problem that such a conservative area can't have a 50/50 newspaper or news station.

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Unfortunately, that's everywhere.

One of the worst decisions that A&M has made was dumping the Journalism department.

KBTX was middle of the road for a long time, but they did the same thing that all of the media people did in 2020. Pushed Covid fear and reported the riots as demonstrations. They also made the Bryan cops look like the bad guys when a bunch of people were setting off explosives in a neighborhood.

Most people that I know don't even watch the broadcasts. They will check online if there is a major story or weather incident, but that's it.

Same with the Eagle. I check the high school sports section online, but there is no way that I'm going to pay to support it.

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And the subscription rates are ridiculous. I liked to read about my kids and their friends in the sports section, but it's not worth the money and the aggravation to see propaganda throughout. In addition, the paper is getting smaller with mainly Tribune & AP stories with heavy slants. I can get Aggie content online. I'm done.

I will agree with everyone here. WTAW is the only real media outlet we have covering relevant topics from city council meetings, school boards meetings, etc.

We go to the KBTX weather app for weather and Rusty's page for crime news. It's obvious everything else they cover comes from WTAW or TexAgs.

The Eagle is a joke. 'Nuff said.

Love how people complain about and condemn local journalism for not being local enough, and then brag about not supporting it in the same breath.

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Love how people complain about and condemn local journalism for not being local enough, and then brag about not supporting it in the same breath.

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Why would one support something they complain about?

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Love how people complain about and condemn local journalism for not being local enough, and then brag about not supporting it in the same breath.

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That's not the main reason they are getting condemned.

So, my 12-year-old inner child thought this headline was humorous in today's Eagle: