The Houston Chronicle Needs to Stop Carrying Anti-Campus Carry Activists’ Water

By Justin Stakes

Austin, TX -(AmmoLand.com)- The same newspaper responsible for uncritically parroting the since- discredited claim that campus carry would cost two Texas university systems upward of $50 million dollars over six years has now falsely reported, “Texas university sees first injury after enacting campus carry law.”

That’s the headline on Houston Chronicle reporter Brett Barrouquere’s September 19 article about the recent accidental discharge of a handgun in a Tarleton State University residence hall.

Three lines into the article, Barrouquere clearly states, “University officials reported ‘minimal’ damage to the building and no injuries [emphasis added],” but that didn’t stop whoever wrote the headline from prioritizing clicks over facts.

In an era in which many people get their news from social media, a high percentage of the population never reads beyond an article’s headline. Even if the article itself is accurate, a bogus headline can take on a life of its own.

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Source:: AmmoLand