{"id":14170,"date":"2017-12-19T20:36:36","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T01:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/?p=14170"},"modified":"2024-12-23T14:36:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T19:36:13","slug":"must-reads-texas-watchdog-journalism-roundup-for-dec-19-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/2017\/12\/19\/must-reads-texas-watchdog-journalism-roundup-for-dec-19-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Must reads: Texas watchdog journalism roundup for Dec. 19, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>If it feels like you&#8217;re trapped in a topsy-turvy world where facts no longer matter, there\u2019s a sliver of good news:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investigative journalists are still writing powerful, evidence-based stories that help us understand a complicated world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the latest examples of watchdog stories in Texas that show why facts still matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.expressnews.com\/business\/article\/Accountant-who-allegedly-embezzled-from-Centro-12434856.php?utm_campaign=twitter-premium&amp;utm_source=CMS%20Sharing%20Button&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=twitter-premium&amp;utm_source=CMS%20Sharing%20Button&amp;utm_medium=social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Accountant tied to embezzlement at Centro San Antonio has history of bank fraud, bankruptcy<\/a> | <em>The San Antonio Express-News<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Blockbuster local story: Accountant who allegedly embezzled from Centro has history of bank fraud, bankruptcy <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IeaNHDEKSH\">https:\/\/t.co\/IeaNHDEKSH<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ExpressNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@expressnews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RWebner?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RWebner<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Dawn Kopecki (@Dawn_Kopecki) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dawn_Kopecki\/status\/942773816727605250?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The accountant suspected of embezzling $260,000 from Centro San Antonio, a nonprofit organization focused on revitalizing downtown, was hired without a background check. It turns out she had been convicted of felony bank fraud and theft by check. <em>Story by Richard Webner<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/specials.texasstandard.org\/blowback\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blockback: How police put guns on the street and Congress hides what happens to them<\/a> | <em>The Texas Standard and Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#39;ve been cube neighbors with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlainStephens?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@alainstephens<\/a> all year, watching him push to get this story.  An inspiration to watch, and man was it worth it. This shows what great reporting can come when a tenacious journalist won&#39;t let go of a story. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OFsClHUL7G\">https:\/\/t.co\/OFsClHUL7G<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Mose Buchele (@MoseBuchele) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MoseBuchele\/status\/938073766134976514?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nearly half of Texas\u2019 50 largest law enforcement agencies sell their used firearms to the public, creating a pipeline of guns flowing right back into communities and potentially putting weapons in the hands of criminals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The San Antonio Police Department, which faced a series of city audits for inadequate tracking of departmental guns, appealed to the Texas attorney general\u2019s office to hide specifics of its weapons sales. When the attorney general forced the department to release information this year, it reported selling 2,855 handguns in the last decade.&#8221; <em>Story by Alain Stephens<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2017\/12\/14\/border-land-grab-government-abused-power-seize-property-fence\/?utm_campaign=trib-social&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_content=5546948015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Taking: How the federal government abused its power to seize property for a border fence<\/a> | <em>The Texas Tribune and ProPublica<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Over seven months, Homeland Security filed 360 lawsuits in the RGV. They used a legal loophole so the agency wouldn\u2019t have to formally appraise the land, making lowball offers based on substandard estimates instead. New with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProPublica?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ProPublica<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T6Zit4a0yt\">https:\/\/t.co\/T6Zit4a0yt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xxl29EZ0aA\">pic.twitter.com\/Xxl29EZ0aA<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TexasTribune\/status\/941465086966861824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune shows that Homeland Security cut unfair real estate deals, secretly waived legal safeguards for property owners, and ultimately abused the government\u2019s extraordinary power to take land from private citizens.&#8221; <em>Story by T. Christian Miller, Kiah Collier and Julian Aguilar<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/interactives.dallasnews.com\/2017\/unresponsive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unresponsive: More women are going to jail in need of drug and alcohol treatment. Help often comes too late<\/a> | <em>The Dallas Morning News<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jails were never designed to be stand-ins for mental health facilities or detox centers, but that\u2019s how they\u2019re being used<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/msjAqjVb4Z\">https:\/\/t.co\/msjAqjVb4Z<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FL629Njy12\">pic.twitter.com\/FL629Njy12<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Dallas Morning News (@dallasnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dallasnews\/status\/942508612366237697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;As a record number of women go to jail in Texas, sheriffs are increasingly coping with a special class of inmates: women with minor criminal records but major mental-health and addiction problems. A recent federal survey found that almost a third of women in jails showed symptoms of serious psychological distress, even higher than the rate for men.&#8221; <em>Story by Cary Aspinwall and Stephanie Lamm<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/investigates\/special-report\/usa-flooding-insurance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">After the deluge: Unfettered building, scant oversight add to cost of hurricanes in U.S.<\/a> | <em>Reuters<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When a community joins the National Flood Insurance Program, it agrees to adhere to minimum standards to control development inside flood zones. Our latest investigation shows how communities across the country aren&#39;t upholding their end of the deal. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mcafKLbtwD\">https:\/\/t.co\/mcafKLbtwD<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Ryan McNeill (@McNeill_Tweets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/McNeill_Tweets\/status\/940668189154971654?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Across the country, newer construction in flood-prone areas generated more than $9 billion in claims for structural damage on the cash-strapped flood insurance program between 2000 and 2015. Flood-management authorities say that some of those claims probably never would have been filed had proper building controls and accurate flood maps been in place.&#8221; <em>Story by Benjamin Lesser and Ryan McNeill<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.publicintegrity.org\/united-states-of-petroleum\/fueling-dissent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How the oil industry set out to undercut clean air<\/a> | <em>The Center for Public Integrity and the Guardian<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our latest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CarbonWars?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CarbonWars<\/a> investigation looks at government\u2019s secret<br>alliance with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BigOil?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BigOil<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/USofPetroleum?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#USofPetroleum<\/a> <br>Intro: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mbDCpVEC84\">https:\/\/t.co\/mbDCpVEC84<\/a><br>Executive: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I3g2nZIZma\">https:\/\/t.co\/I3g2nZIZma<\/a><br>Legislative: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kQYiQp2BXC\">https:\/\/t.co\/kQYiQp2BXC<\/a><br>Judicial: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/blbnGiWQdy\">https:\/\/t.co\/blbnGiWQdy<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jie Jenny Zou (@jiejennyzou) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jiejennyzou\/status\/940552076672856064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Air quality is the new frontier for climate-change skeptics long tied to the American Petroleum Institute. The institute has fueled uncertainty on climate by producing what critics call misleading scientific and economic studies. Now, by attempting to discredit established research on ozone and fine particles, API and its cadre of doubters are trying to undermine the Clean Air Act \u2014 the landmark U.S. law credited with saving millions of lives.&#8221; <em>Story by Jie Jenny Zou and Tom Dart<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Did I miss a good story? <a href=\"http:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact me<\/a> or leave a comment below. Don\u2019t forget to <a href=\"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sign up for blog updates<\/a> and check out more <a href=\"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/category\/must-reads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watchdog journalism from the great state of Texas<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em>If it feels like you&#8217;re trapped in a topsy-turvy world where facts no longer matter, there\u2019s a sliver of good news:<\/p>\n<p>Investigative journalists are still writing powerful, evidence-based stories that help us understand a complicated world.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the latest examples of watchdog stories in Texas that show why facts still matter.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.expressnews.com\/business\/article\/Accountant-who-allegedly-embezzled-from-Centro-12434856.php?utm_campaign=twitter-premium&#038;utm_source=CMS%20Sharing%20Button&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_campaign=twitter-premium&#038;utm_source=CMS%20Sharing%20Button&#038;utm_medium=social\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Accountant tied to embezzlement at Centro San Antonio has history of bank fraud, bankruptcy<\/a><\/strong> | <em>The San Antonio Express-News<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The accountant suspected of embezzling $260,000 from Centro San Antonio, a nonprofit organization focused on revitalizing downtown, was hired without a background check. 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