Chron: Judge was jaywalking; No he wasn't
Last week, three Chronicle reporters contributed to a story on the city's Renegade Downtown Jaywalking problem that contained the following:
The plan drew its share of wisecracks from jaywalkers Friday, including a jurist.
"It does my heart good to know that the Police Department is focusing so much attention on serious criminals," said Harris County Court at Law Judge Gary Michael Block as he returned from lunch. "Judges now feel safe."
Today, the Chronicle admits the story by its three reporters was mistaken:
Harris County Court at Law Judge Gary Michael Block did not jaywalk before he was interviewed for a story about a crackdown on the offense. A story on Page A1 Saturday mischaracterized the judge's actions that day.
So, at least one reporter was talking to the judge as he was either jaywalking or not, and managed to mischaracterize the action?!
That's some kind of reporting and editing!
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/07/05 10:14 PM | Print | Comments (2)
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