And this isn’t an Aubrey McClendon profile you’re likely to read in The Oklahoman. The Forbes piece, written by Christopher Helman, starts out with McClendon eating dinner at Deep Fork Grill, which McClendon co-owns, and trying to select a wine. After relaying some of Chesapeake’s current market standing and statistics about the company, the profile […]
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But do they have a library card?
According to KFOR-TV, the nasty little buggers invaded the library a couple of weekends ago and forced the library to actually shut down. (We’re sure the classier bookworms were all appropriately miffed to see such scalawags.) “The library is sort of a hub for the community, so we’re going to see a lot of different […]
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PR BS
—“Obama’s Vacation Home For Sale & Free Diamonds in California” —“Honors College has ice cream social for honor students” —“Can You Be Trusted? The Answer May Surprise You” —“Do not read this email . . . unless you want to automatically track hot news and know about it when it happens” —“Local author condensed life […]
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A little bit of diss …
First, Kevin Durant drew the ire of certain die-hards for practicing with Oklahoma City Thunder teammates at the University of Texas (although he attended the school for a short while). If those Austin antics weren’t enough, he then had the audacity to say that Louisiana State University (coached by former Oklahoma State head coach Les […]
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Tweet and sour
Take, for instance, recent comments via Twitter from State Superintendent Janet Barresi’s chief of staff Jennifer Carter (that’s the same Jennifer Carter who, earlier this year, was unable to get confirmed to the spot at a raucous State Board of Education meeting). The tweet was in reference to Union and Jenks school officials who brought […]
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Oklahoman hospitality
In the late ’90s, CJR bestowed the paper the title “Worst Newspaper in America,” and Oklahoman columnists have also taken CJR to task. Now CJR is criticizing The Oke’s profile of its soon-to-be new owner, Colorado billionaire Philip Anschutz, who is acquiring all of OPUBCO this month. In a Sept. 27 piece titled “How not […]
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Tackle, hunting gear, camping supplies, and … discrimination?
The suit alleges that Bass Pro stores in Texas, Louisiana, Indiana and Alabama routinely denied positions to qualified blacks and Hispanics, retaliated against employees, and that managers in some of the stores made derogatory racial comments acknowledging the practice, CBS reported. Bass Pro has two stores in Oklahoma — one in Bricktown and another in […]
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Terrill Trouble, Part We’ve-lost-count
The announcement was made and a press conference held on Sept. 16, a Friday, around 4 p.m., otherwise known in the political world as “bury the story time.” The investigation stems from felony charges in Oklahoma County against Terrill, a Republican, and former Democratic Sen. Debbe Leftwich. Terrill allegedly offered to create a position at […]
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Nine is enough?
The University of Oklahoma Board of Regents recently gave President David L. Boren the authority to negotiate all alignment options, prompting a largely anticipated move to the Pacific-12 with Oklahoma State University and possible other Big 12 cohorts. But before Pistol Pete loaded up the Sooner Schooner and moved to Beverly — er, Walnut Creek, […]
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PR BS
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