This is a headline from the Waco Trib today.

First, what this man did was horrible. I don't understand how the Assemblies of God, his church, and the people around him let this happen. This man is consumed with evil.

But, my specific issue in this thread is with the Waco-Trib. This guy is the leader of an independent organization with a chapter at Baylor. There is no evidence mentioned that he ever stepped foot on campus.

But, the headline says 'Baylor based.'. There is no mention in the article that his job is as a pastor at an Assemblies of God church in Waco or that he is an ordained AoG pastor.

You'd think that a Waco based paper would be concerned about a Waco based church and the people of that church. But no, the headline and the article are just Baylor.

Turns out, the author is a current Baylor student and writer for the Lariat.

Wasnt he a minister based at the Baylor campus for this organization? I hardly see anything wrong with this being reported to the public or the wording of the headline.

PartyBear said:

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Wasnt he a minister based at the Baylor campus for this organization? I hardly see anything wrong with this being reported to the public or the wording of the headline.

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If you read the headline and the story you'd think so.

But, he was 'based' out of his church in Waco and started the Chi-Alpha student organization in 2019. He has nothing to do with Baylor except that he leads an independent student organization. It would be like saying the pastor of a Waco Methodist church who has a methodist student organization was based out of Baylor.

Afterwards, I found that the writer is a student at Baylor. If the headline was in the Lariat and focused on Baylor students, I get it.

But, its the Waco-Trib.

It's weird that the story doesn't even mention he came to Waco to pastor a church in Waco and was leading his church in Waco until recently. You'd think those church members would count for something.

Welcome to the board Matt!

Either Baylor had some words or you read something here.

Waco-Trib resets the article today with "new details" whose new details only seem to be that the guy was a pastor of a church in Waco.

Shocking that.

One thing to remember: news writers do not write the headlines for their stories - editors do. So, for instance, John Werner doesn't write headlines for Baylor basketball stories with his byline. So the Baylor student who wrote the initial article would not have been the one to write the inaccurate Baylor-related headline.

ABC BEAR said:

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Edmond Bear said:

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Turns out, the author is a current Baylor student and writer for the Lariat.

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This is why I stopped reading the Lariat and got all my 'news' from the Rope.

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That's a smart move right there.

CTbruin said:

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Trib does not represent Waco and McLennan County for years. It is owned by out of towners that have no interest in the locals.

I canceled my subscription during the Briles debacle after about 50 years subscription. Only look at for obituaries.

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I remember the paper being very very anti-Baylor when I was at Baylor in the mid 2000s.

Then when Clifton Robinson bought it the coverage seemed to get better (at least more neutral).

Now it seems to have turned back to being anti-Baylor.

It was always strange how the local Waco paper took such a hard line against the local college.

You don't see that kind of thing in Austin, Norman, College Station, or Baton Rouge.

unfortunately, young journalists have figured out that the way to make money in the internet age of journalism is to be shocking and controversial. First, get noticed, then stay noticed. If you have an opportunity to shade the truth towards the sensational, do that and don't worry about the truth.

Meh. Media does that all the time with headlines, not just the trib. Like when they throw in a person's profession even though it has nothing to do with their crime/arrest.

Like teacher arrested for drunk driving.

Or lawyer arrested for domestic abuse.

Police officer in the sex scandal- you don't hear news stories about bankers having sex in the office.

Pastor arrested for drunk driving.

Etc. The profession has zero to do with the crime but it catches eyeballs more than "Man pulled over and arrested for drunk driving."

Or going with the local connections- The Midway teacher (or administrator) that hit and killed the Baylor student (like 8 years ago or so and still awaiting trial). Her job had nothing to do with the crime but it grabbed headlines.

Redbrickbear said:

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CTbruin said:

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Trib does not represent Waco and McLennan County for years. It is owned by out of towners that have no interest in the locals.

I canceled my subscription during the Briles debacle after about 50 years subscription. Only look at for obituaries.

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I remember the paper being very very anti-Baylor when I was at Baylor in the mid 2000s.

Then when Clifton Robinson bought it the coverage seemed to get better (at least more neutral).

Now it seems to have turned back to being anti-Baylor.

It was always strange how the local Waco paper took such a hard line against the local college.

You don't see that kind of thing in Austin, Norman, College Station, or Baton Rouge.

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The mid 2000s you say. Baylor had a lot of self inflicted controversy going on in those days. Just to provide context to your first sentence and frankly your second one as well.

PartyBear said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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CTbruin said:

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Trib does not represent Waco and McLennan County for years. It is owned by out of towners that have no interest in the locals.

I canceled my subscription during the Briles debacle after about 50 years subscription. Only look at for obituaries.

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I remember the paper being very very anti-Baylor when I was at Baylor in the mid 2000s.

Then when Clifton Robinson bought it the coverage seemed to get better (at least more neutral).

Now it seems to have turned back to being anti-Baylor.

It was always strange how the local Waco paper took such a hard line against the local college.

You don't see that kind of thing in Austin, Norman, College Station, or Baton Rouge.

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The mid 2000s you say. Baylor had a lot of self inflicted controversy going on in those days. Just to provide context to your first sentence and frankly your second one as well.

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Those are good points.

But I still feel like the paper reveled in being openly antagonistic toward the local college. At least more so than other college centric towns are with the local university.

Cancelled my subscription couple years ago. Trib was nothing more than an Austin un American Statesman wannabe . Good riddance