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I got an email from a former news reporter in the greater Houston community.

I don't want to give out this person's sex or name, which would identify them,

because I don't think their career is entirely over in media per se.

And I'll leave it there.

I had very good relations with members of the media from when I started running, my first election

was my election where I first got elected was November of

01 I started running in in just after the elections of 99 so two years there

and then six years in office and after that I was full-time at KTRH doing a show actually

it was KPRC at the time and running the 3 a.m. stations.

And so I worked a lot with those reporters for almost 10 years after I left politics,

and I had some great relationships with the folks who were in local news.

It's why I often argue when someone will attempt to paint with too broad a brush,

that media is all left, when TV media is all left wing,

and I have said repeatedly, many people don't agree with me, not the local media.

There are some, but most of the folks in the Houston media, at least during the time,

up until a few years ago, when I've kind of fallen out of touch, it's a whole new crop now.

Most of the folks that were there when I was there stayed a long time. There were some real stalwarts

who were there for a very long time. And I didn't find them to be particularly partisan. I found

them to be open-minded,

truth seekers, honest storytellers. And that's the truth. There were a few exceptions, but

mostly that was the truth. So anyway, this individual would have fit into that. And this person said,

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