{"id":12844,"date":"2017-06-25T08:47:56","date_gmt":"2017-06-25T13:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/?p=12844"},"modified":"2024-12-23T14:54:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T19:54:55","slug":"must-reads-texas-watchdog-journalism-roundup-june-25-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/2017\/06\/25\/must-reads-texas-watchdog-journalism-roundup-june-25-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Must reads: Texas watchdog journalism roundup for June 25, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Investigative stories in Texas about questionable recruiting in college athletics; an exoneration in a controversial criminal case; and police officers who are rarely charged with a crime.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20211218034955\/https:\/\/www.expressnews.com\/st-anthony-basketball-ticket-to-top\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ticket to the Top<\/a> | <em>San Antonio Express-News<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHow tiny St. Anthony Catholic High School got involved in a questionable recruiting pipeline that included the University of the Incarnate Word, a talent scout and a booster to land star Nigerian basketball player Charles Bassey, one of the top big men in the country.\u201d <em>Story by Adam Zuvanich<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20201223000226\/https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/06\/20\/texas-couple-exonerated-25-years-after-being-convicted-of-lurid-crimes-that-never-happened\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas Couple exonerated 25 years after being convicted of lurid crimes that never happened<\/a> | <em>The Intercept<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The couple\u2019s prosecution in 1992 was part of a wave of cases across the country amid an episode of mass hysteria known as the Satanic Panic. 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