DMN

[LA_Mustang]

I’ll admit that I hate people [deleted] about the DMN, but this major “news”paper has really taken the UT thing a little too far. Two weeks after their national championship and they still dominate the lead stories on both the front page of the homepage and the front page of the sports section. For instance, today the DMN chooses its lead news story as Sergio Kindle’s relationship with his father and on the sports page the lead story is the Longhorns celebration plans for this Sunday. This has been a common theme over the past month. We live in a city with sooo many problems and news stories, yet our hometown newspaper feels that UT football should dominate everything else newsworthy. Nice. BTW, I frequently checkout the Statesmen and the Houston Chronicle, neither of which have half the Horns coverage as the Morning News......and when they do, it’s in the appropriate place, the sports page, not the front of the freaking paper.
A note to the half the people at the DMN – we get it, you went to UT and you’re happy your school won the national championship. That’s great, but get back to doing your job and not promoting your school every chance you get, which is everyday.

[McClown27]

The DMN fails to cover many issues in the city. That is why it overstates its circulation and lies to its advertisers.

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For those on this board, it is our responsibility to remind the DMN of their failure to cover SMU football. We should--at least--get equal coverage with UT. In this age of big media, it is one of the main reasons we have not recruited better. It is also why Baylor in Waco--and not the traditional powerhouse in the top 10 media market--is in the Big 12.

[LonghornFan68]

Man, you guys seem to forget that the DMN is a business. If it'll sell newspapers to print UT crap all over the front page, then that's what they'll do. I hate to break it to you, but their allegiance is to the almighty $$, not SMU or even UT. UT's National Championship is THE sensational news story in Texas right now and they're trying to take advantage of that while they can. You forget, Dallas has as many, if not more, Texas fans and grads as Austin does. I hate to say it - and it's unfortunate - but until SMU puts wins up or does something newsworthy, they won't get the coverage. It's not fair, but it's life.

[covok48]

This goes beyond the SMU vs. UT coverage of the DMN. We're talking about UT fluff coverage talking precident over important events in city of Dallas.

If UT coverage "sells" then how come Austin-American Statesman and the Houston Chronicle don't saturate their paper with UT fluff? (as stated above), or the fact that it overstates it's circulation (also stated above) in order to hide it's declining circulation?

Some seller, huh?

[Lamont_Cranston]

The Dallas Morning News and its affiliated TV station, WFAA Ch. 8, are owned by the Bevo Corporation, not the Belo Corporation.

Get over it, folks. If you want to change things, either pony up the money to buy Belo or let's get SMU in a 'winning' category again.

[Stallion]

Once again I completely disagree. Sergio Kindle is one of the greatest athletes in Dallas High School Football History. He is a Wayne Morris, Ira Terrell, John Jefferson akn as Washington, Larry Johnson, Michael Carter, Rhett Bomar all of which were local kids who were among the Nation's best at their sport. ALL of these kids received this kind of attention as National elite players who were going on to greatness. Its my understanding that Kindle was under consideration as National Player of the Year by Parade Magazine and its entirely appropriate that he get this type of attention. Dallas may never see an athlete like Kindle who may be the No. 1 Defensive recruit in the country and oh BTW he ran for 2,000 yards too. Can anybody name a player in the last 50 years who was so dominating on both sides of the ball? Heck he even got Woodrow Wilson in the playoffs. This kid definitely deserves the attention and respect of the DMN. There is a world outside of Mockingbird Lane.

[ClassOf81]

.... If it'll sell newspapers to print UT crap all over the front page, then that's what they'll do....

Bingo. They have no interest in covering Dallas. They have an interest only in selling papers. Yes, a large number of the higher-ups in the Belo Corp. are UT alums, but LF68 is right. They'd profile the dog-sledding teams at the University of Alaska if it would move papers. In the grand scheme of things, the Kindle-and-family story is no worse (maybe even better) than the nearly-full-page exposé on Cedric Benson moving into his freshman dorm.

In the grand scheme of things, I don't care any more. I support SMU, and I come to this site to find info on the Ponies. I cancelled my subscription to the DMN, and I never have regretted it for a minute.

[ALEX LIFESON]

You may be right, but they're still feeding the machine. They make a few more longhorn fans with every love-fest story. Now the media snowball continues to pickup speed rolling downhill. So when people scream they're eyeballs are turning burnt orange from all of the fn coverage, they can honestly say "well they have the most fans" as the DMN continues to generate more and more and more!

[ClassOf81]

.... There is a world outside of Mockingbird Lane.

There's also a university in Dallas -- on Mockingbird Lane, no less -- that the DMN completely ignores.

[Stallion]

You mean the one that hasn't got a commitment from the DMN Dallas Top 100? That would sell a whole lot of papers. Meanwhile want to guess who the No. 1 rated Player in Dallas is? How about the No. 1 Player in Texas. How about the No. 1 Defensive Player in the the entire country who BTW ran for 2,000 yards on offense? Which is the bigger story? Last time I looked Woodrow Wilson was in Dallas too.

[PonyPride]

Yup, Woodrow is in Dallas. So is Thomas Jefferson, and W.T. White, and Hillcrest, and Carter, and a whole bunch of other schools. They're still high schools. There's one DI-A university in Dallas.

[Stallion]

Then again SMU hasn't recruited a single player that was a blimp on the National recruiting elite in 20 years? Arguably David Richards was that type of player-and he got this kind of piece in the DMN too. This argument is silly.

[PonyPride]

So is calling someone a "blimp" on the national recruiting elite.

[AusTxPony]

Are you guys nuts? We have had here in Austin Statesman front page coverage of Texas' winning the National Championship for days and a daily special page leading up to the "big game". No matter the record, the DMN should cover SMU. I don't even understand "it's about the money". How can covering SMU hurt sales?

[LonghornFan68]

Are you guys nuts? We have had here in Austin Statesman front page coverage of Texas' winning the National Championship for days and a daily special page leading up to the "big game". No matter the record, the DMN should cover SMU. I don't even understand "it's about the money". How can covering SMU hurt sales?

Because no one in Dallas cares about SMU. Sad, but true. I'd be willing to bet there are more UT grads in Dallas than SMU grads. You cater to your audience.