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RE: Why No TV News Coverage (Yet)?

by , Nov 20, 2006 | 8:21 pm

Comments (23)

The Dallas media are starting to contact me (not just the guys I play poker with) … and they are looking for people to talk. If you are intelligent and somehow involved in this issue, let me know. Likewise, if you think everyone should be keeping their mouths shut right now, I’d be interested in hearing that perspective, too.


23 Comments to “RE: Why No TV News Coverage (Yet)?”


  1. Kevin S     says:
    November 20th, 2006 at 8:40pm

    They just came on Channel 5 and said that there will be coverage tonight at 10 on the poker raids.


  2. DanM     says:
    November 20th, 2006 at 8:42pm

    Yes, they are coming over to Danang now for an interview. Should I shave?


  3. Chuck     says:
    November 20th, 2006 at 10:17pm

    I’d help ya out any way I could. I talked with the person who came in 3rd for the governor’s race for over an hour on the issue, I suppose if I sounded too retarded she’d have hung up on me…

    or maybe she is polite?


  4. david     says:
    November 20th, 2006 at 11:01pm

    ch 11 opened tonight at 10pm news with the raid tapes…


  5. LiveStraddle     says:
    November 20th, 2006 at 11:02pm

    Yah Dan! Channel 5 was much more sympathetic for the cause than 11.


  6. DanM     says:
    November 20th, 2006 at 11:06pm

    i was gonna say … two very different takes on the issue. when the vids come up, we’ll post them side-by-side.

    if the cops want to argue that level of force is “necessary”, great, LET THEM! it’s an argument they can’t win.

    (by the way, that live footage 5 had of them busting into jackie’s was pretty dramatic, no?)


  7. Woody     says:
    November 20th, 2006 at 11:16pm

    Anyone else notice on the Ch. 11 story, when they showed a map, it very clearly said “Red Man”? Was RedMan’s spared entirely? Or are they next? Or was it a reference to Jackie’s?


  8. steve     says:
    November 20th, 2006 at 11:23pm

    Dan,

    I might be willing to speak with the media anonomously. I wonder if they would be interested in speaking with a “panel” of some of the more “respectable” people there…a couple of attorneys…a nurse…several business owners…etc. Perhaps a format like a roundtable etc. In fact, it might be a great way to get the story out in front of the public so that they can see how ridiculous this really is.

    Thanks,

    Steve


  9. Venita     says:
    November 20th, 2006 at 11:27pm

    Wow . . . I just caught the two stories. I’m a regular at Jackie’s but happened to be out of town this weekend. I have to say — I was not prepared for how upsetting it would be to see my friends so tense and scared. I was almost in tears just watching. The whole SWAT thing was total overkill — totally unnecessary cops-and-robbers bullshit. Why not just get a few undercover guys in, lock the doors, and quietly announce the raid? Better yet would be for the freakin’ government to stay out of our personal business . . . it’s totally absurd to think it’s fine to tell a U.S. citizen what he or she can or cannot do with his or her own money.


  10. DanM     says:
    November 20th, 2006 at 11:31pm

    Steve, what you propose sounds nice … but no, the media would never be interested in that. they are more interested in a few soundbites and some exciting video of people smashing things.


  11. steve     says:
    November 20th, 2006 at 11:33pm

    Talk about dramatic…they are damned lucky no one was hurt. By the way, the young boy in tears being further traumatized by the Channel 11 reporter…was only 16 years old. He was there with his girlfriend and his father…there was one point where the undercover cop in the mask was harassing this sixteen year old girl trying to get her to say if she was the dealer! It was embarrassing to watch this officer…an adult in a position of authority…question this young lady who couldn’t stop shaking.

    One officer in particular was particularly “gung ho” and offensive. His attitude reminded me more of a raid by Nazi Gestapo than police officers calmly serving a warrant. The entire performance was unnecessary and unprofessional. .There was absolutely no reason for the violent entry. All they needed to do was knock on the door and say they had a search warrant to serve. Someone needs to hold these people accountable for the manner that this event occurred.


  12. steve     says:
    November 20th, 2006 at 11:33pm

    Talk about dramatic…they are lucky no one was hurt. By the way, the young boy in tears being further traumatized by the Channel 11 reporter…was only 16 years old. He was there with his girlfriend and his father…there was one point where the undercover cop in the mask was harassing this sixteen year old girl trying to get her to say if she was the dealer! It was embarrassing to watch this officer…an adult in a position of authority…question this young lady who couldn’t stop shaking.

    One officer in particular was particularly “gung ho” and offensive. His attitude reminded me more of a raid by Nazi Gestapo than police officers calmly serving a warrant. The entire performance was unnecessary and unprofessional. .There was absolutely no reason for the violent entry. All they needed to do was knock on the door and say they had a search warrant to serve. Someone needs to hold these people accountable for the manner that this event occurred.


  13. steve     says:
    November 20th, 2006 at 11:35pm

    Talk about dramatic…they are lucky no one was hurt. By the way, the young boy in tears being further traumatized by the Channel 11 reporter…was only 16 years old. He was there with his girlfriend and his father…there was one point where an undercover officer in a mask was harassing this sixteen year old girl asking her over and over again to say if she was the dealer! It was embarrassing to watch this adult in a position of authority…question this young lady who couldn’t stop shaking.

    One officer in particular was particularly “gung ho” and offensive. His attitude reminded me more of a raid by Nazi Gestapo than police officers calmly serving a warrant. The entire performance was unnecessary and unprofessional. .There was absolutely no reason for the violent entry. All they needed to do was knock on the door and say they had a search warrant to serve. Someone needs to hold these people accountable for the manner that this event occurred.


  14. steve     says:
    November 20th, 2006 at 11:39pm

    Your probably right Dan…unless Channel 5 wanted to present it as “the other side of the story”. Perhaps they might want to focus on how they covered the story as oppossed to the Channel 11 shock video.


  15. tk money     says:
    November 21st, 2006 at 12:10am

    dan i thought you looked sexy on your interview. did sang do your makeup for you? you look like you had partied with paris and brittney all weekend and then flew back for the interview. ive got one bit of advice for you—radio


  16. steve     says:
    November 21st, 2006 at 12:33am

    Here’s an interesting comment from the Texas Poker PAC site…

    1. If the game were more legal, more people would play in venues that the state would profit from

    2. Oklahoma and Louisiana casinos recognize how lucrative the Texas poker player market is, and are working hard to prevent legal poker in Texas.

    As channel 11 told us tonight…last year there were three people arrested and…what was the other number…something like 813…citations issued. This year, 31 people arrested and 180 ticketed. What’s changed between this year and last…oh yeah…poker opened in Oklahoma less than 100 miles from Dallas…but just a coincindence, right…wrong! If you don’t believe the Louisiana and Oklahoma Indian casinos are spending money to make certain poker remains illegal in Texas, just check ask the Tigua Indian tribe in El Paso about their dealings with Jack Abramoff. At the same time he was taking money from the Tigua’s to get their gaming license approved, he was taking money from a Louisiana Indian tribe to keep the Tigua’s license from being approved!

    With these facts in mind, is it so difficult to believe that the Oklahoma tribes didn’t find a way to shut down Dallas poker in a much more economical fashion by just getting the DPD to do their dirty work

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Abramoff_Indian_lobbying_scandal

    http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Abramoff-Reed_Indian_Gambling_Scandal

    http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/indiangaming.html


  17. Steve W     says:
    November 21st, 2006 at 3:00am

    Any link to the channel 5 coverage?

    Here’s the channel 11 stuff: http://cbs11tv.com/local/local_story_324171616.html


  18. DanM     says:
    November 21st, 2006 at 3:28am

    I sent them an email asking for a link. they pulled this whole story together in a matter of a couple hours, so it wouldn’t surprise me if we’ll see it added tomorrow.

    Does anyone else find it interesting that Channel 11 got the “exclusive” ride-along … and then came back with a very pro-police story? hmm, i wonder how these kinda arrangements materialize. I think I will ask my good friend at Channel 11 — she knows a lot about how tv news and city business come together.

    (by the way, i’m not insinuating that j.d. miles did a quid-pro-quo or anything of the sort for a favorable slant — i’m just acknowledging the correlation between exclusive access and the end result.)


  19. Mol     says:
    November 21st, 2006 at 6:15am

    Still nothing on NBC5i.com to watch the story there but I did find this:

    http://www.nbc5i.com/news/10362253/detail.html

    So maybe we should all chip in and open a poker room in Navaro County and pay the water bills. In return they leave us alone? Maybe? 🙂


  20. Woody     says:
    November 21st, 2006 at 1:18pm

    Ch. 5 story is now up.

    http://www.nbc5i.com/news/10370555/detail.html


  21. Woody2     says:
    November 21st, 2006 at 1:20pm

    Ch. 5 story is now up.

    http://www.nbc5i.com/news/10370555/detail.html


  22. Darkwing     says:
    November 21st, 2006 at 4:11pm

    I would have to agree with Mol here but we might need to go to another county as there might be some in Navarro county.


  23. Dave     says:
    November 22nd, 2006 at 1:43am

    This is just ridiculous and quite frankly a violation of our civil liberties. Poker is legal. So what if the players don’t mind that a portion of the pot goes to the operation on the game. All this just because a rake is taken out of the pot? This helps ensure an enjoyable atmosphere where patrons are taken care of and the game runs smoothly and fairly.

    If it were a case of ALL forms of gambling being illegal, that is one thing, but the fact that the State runs gambling operations a keeps a percentage of the proceeds is very hypocritical.