Oral History Interview with David Allred, August 9, 1967 Page: 52
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Allred
52
"Well, that sure is worth further studying, thanks a lot." But
sometimes they don't really understand.
Concerning the role of the press, I would like to comment a
little more on that. As I say, reporters want you to commit
yourself on a bill that will most likely be changed by the time
it gets to final passage. But, I still think it is a good thing.
I think the press is a good watchdog in many cases although,
unfortunately, I notice that both at Washington level and at Austin
there are a great many people who are "hot-rock reporters" on a
daily paper. But when they get to be a Washington or Austin
correspondent, they quit being a reporter and they want to be "a
mover and a shaker." They want to influence thinking. They think
of themselves as pundits and write big, long articles describing
trends in thought and that type of thing. And I've found, particularly
at Austin, some of the reporters let their personal bias get in
their way...either their personal or political bias.
There's one guy I can think of in particular who is kind of
a sour-dispositioned individual, and the fact that he doesn't like
somebody personally, I think, influences the stories he writes.
There are some others who think along a particular political line,
and I'm certain that that influences their writings. And then in
some cases, unfortunately, the publisher's politics influences
the reporter's stories. They know what the publisher wants to read.
But this is not always true, and there are some very good, very
conscientious reporters in Austin. One man that I'm particularlyfamiliar with because I worked with him in the Washington Bureau
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Marcello, Ronald E.; Kamp, H. W. & Allred, David. Oral History Interview with David Allred, August 9, 1967, book, November 20, 1968; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth223569/m1/53/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.