Texas Standard For October 3, 2019
One sentence handed down. Many different reactions to it. We’ll look at the fallout from the trial of a former Dallas police officer convicted of murder. And: Court proceedings for the El Paso shooter will soon begin. So how should media outlets provide news without feeding into a narrative that could spark copycats? We’ll have two perspectives. Also: There’s evidence in University of Texas at Austin archives that the school was purposefully slow to move toward racial integration. Plus: The mayor of the Texas Capitol City joins us to react to a letter he just got from Texas Bov. Greg Abbott. All of those stories and more today on the Texas Standard:
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