GeorgieGirl

PLEASE SHARE: KXAN, is it normal journalistic practice for your publication to give DA Jose P. Garza a platform while not giving the other party an opportunity to respond? Also, there are numerous factual errors in your story that must be corrected as soon as possible. For starters, you call Allen Causey “exonerated.” That never occurred. A new trial was ordered. That does not equal exoneration. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals explicitly said it did NOT find evidence that Causey was actually innocent. It set aside his conviction and ordered a new trial—not a judicial declaration of innocence. Strangely, KXAN claims the court deemed his confession “false testimony” because of Sgt. Polanco. That is not what the court’s ruling says. And CAUSEY’S OWN DEFENSE DROPPED THE POLANCO ISSUE before the decision. Any cursory review of the court records would make this clear. So, you FLAT-OUT LIED in this article. You believed DA Garza’s blathering story without bothering to check the facts. Yikes. These errors and omissions fundamentally distort the case and change the meaning of what actually happened. Rather than independently examining the court record and presenting an accurate account, you are repeating DA Garza’s fairy tale version of events as fact. Journalism requires verification, not simply providing a platform for one side to tell its story unchallenged. And I resent that nobody was contacted to speak up for Anita Byington and for justice. I don’t know who is in charge of KXAN’s reporting on this matter, but I expect to hear from someone at your publication very soon. These inaccuracies must be addressed, and your readers, and especially Anita Byington, deserve a correction. @taylorgirtman @HarleyTamplin @chelsea_dear @NeasNews @KXAN_News PS. Is @hollyshansen from @TheTexanNews the only reporter capable of covering this case correctly? 🤔