Issues of surveillance and questions of paranoia kept coming up this week, so this week’s playlist of the news has a quartet of paranoia-themed songs — but we’re not telling you where they’ll crop up.
John Jordan
John Jordan is the senior visuals editor, part of the team that ensures our stories are graced with arresting visuals. Based in Austin, John grew up in South America and has managed to hang on to some Spanish. A lifelong musician, John switched careers at the age of 50, working for the Austin bureau of The Dallas Morning News for four years before joining the Tribune in early 2012.
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Inside Texas Politics: What Was Abbott Thinking?
On this week’s edition of WFAA-TV’s Inside Texas Politics, talk turns to Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to offer some measure of support to conspiracy theorists who think a planned U.S. military exercise in several states is cover for an invasion.
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The Playlist: Conspiracy Theory
Some folks in a small town in Central Texas had a strong reaction to a large-scale military exercise on U.S. soil called “Jade Helm 15,” so we start this week’s playlist of the news with Steve Earle‘s “Conspiracy Theory.”
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Criminal Justice
Inside Texas Politics: Breakfast Blowup
On this week’s edition of WFAA-TV’s Inside Texas Politics, host Jason Whitely, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s Bud Kennedy and Tribune Executive Editor Ross Ramsey talk about last week’s “breakfast blowup.”
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Politics
The Playlist: Canary in a Coal Mine
How the House and Senate resolve their budget differences could offer clues about toxicity levels between the chambers for the balance of the session, so here’s The Police, playing “Canary in a Coal Mine.”
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Politics
Inside Texas Politics: The Finance Primary
On this week’s edition of WFAA-TV’s Inside Texas Politics with host Shelly Slater, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s Bud Kennedy and Tribune Executive Editor Ross Ramsey, talk turns to presidential hopefuls and fundraising in Texas.
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Politics
Playlist: A Week in the Lege
A week in the life of reporters covering the state legislature is the theme for our playlist of the week’s news, so we start off with “One Week” by Barenaked Ladies.
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Politics
Inside Texas Politics: The Dream Act
On this week’s edition of WFAA-TV’s Inside Texas Politics with host Jim Douglas, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s Bud Kennedy and Tribune Executive Editor Ross Ramsey, the show opens with a discussion of the Dream Act.
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Politics
The Playlist: On the Trail
It’s less than a year until the first presidential primaries in Iowa and New Hampshire, and the 2016 race is already well underway, so we start off this week’s playlist off the news with a campaign-themed set.
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Inside Texas Politics: Religious Freedom Laws
On this week’s edition of WFAA-TV’s Inside Texas Politics with host Jason Whitely, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s Bud Kennedy and Tribune Executive Editor Ross Ramsey, talk turns to religious freedom laws.
