Transgender Woman Needs Your Support In Texas

[Dylan]

Alright, here's the letter I've written. I'm just going to use the same letter for all of the stations. Please feel free to use it and send it.

Also, if you see any typos please let me know. I've checked it, but I also know I have a propensity to screw up there/their/they're and your/you're...oh and it's/its. Damned contractions.

The addresses for Fox and khou (the station that did that heinous interview) are listed below.

Thank you

Oh, and please don't be put off by the 'what may seem over-dramatization of disrespect to Texas'. We take Texas vurrry suriously here. Texans first, THEN Amuricans.

To Whom It May Concern,

I am writing in response to your recent coverage of the Nikki Araguz story. Your reporters have stooped to not only misrepresenting the actual facts, but also blatantly lying about the facts. This, coupled with the injecting of personal opinion, makes for just poor reporting. When watching the news, I don’t really care about the personal opinion of reporters who are too incapable of or too lazy to check facts and write impartially. To be succinct, I am appalled by your coverage of this story

Attacking this woman, who is mourning the loss of her husband, is completely abominable and reprehensible. I am wondering why you have decided to give us absolutely no information whatsoever on the husband’s family. Why have we heard nothing from you about their characters, criminal histories, family disputes, etc? Your one-sided, attacking, maligning coverage of this story is so blatantly prejudicial and biased that I can hardly believe anything your station reports anymore. And your sensationalized headlining exemplifies perfectly your tabloid-style, ‘glam’ reporting.

I am absolutely sickened by the way your station has handled this story. This type of reporting keeps the rest of the country thinking Texas is full of nothing but bigoted, small-minded simpletons. I am ashamed that Texas is being represented in this manner. Your station’s ignorance of the issues of oppressed groups including, but not limited to, members of the transgender community, and your blatant disregard for fact-checking comes shining through in your coverage of this story. Your reporting has sunk to a new low. Again, this representation and opinionated, biased coverage makes Texas look bad to the rest of the country. I am deeply ashamed to have these stories representing the Great State of Texas.

While I would love to see your reporters come back with an educated, truthful, and fair story based on actual facts, I have little faith that your station is capable of educating itself. The least you could do is apologize publicly to not only this woman, but also those of us who have been subjected to your shoddy, unscrupulous coverage. Honestly, I am outraged that you call yourself a news station. This is not news. This is obnoxious gossip-mongering and tabloid-sensationalism designed to generate ratings. It is flagrantly disrespectful to your viewers and assumes we are dim-witted morons incapable of seeing through manipulative, slanted hogwash. Breeding this type of intolerance and hatred of transgendered people only leaves your station culpable for the violence perpetrated against this already oppressed group. You have fallen on tropes and stereotypes to “report” on an issue of which your station and reporters are clearly very ignorant.

Please be aware that I will also be writing letters to your sponsors regarding the horrible, attacking coverage you’ve provided. I cannot support companies who would financially support this type of sophomoric and distorted reporting.

Sincerely,

KRIV FOX 26
P.O. Box 22810
Houston, TX 77227

KHOU-TV Channel 11
1945 Allen Parkway
Houston, TX 77019
(713) 526-1111


Please feel free to pass this around to anyone you think would be willing to send a letter. Emails don't do diddly. Another route is to sign up to be able to comment on their stories on their websites...altho, I haven't been able to figure out how to do this yet.


Dylan