Brad Woodard earned my respect in an interview he did with me about a Tea Party assaulter
I was shocked to learn that KHOU reporter/journalist Brad Woodard died on July 3rd. KHOU reported the following.
All of us at KHOU were very sorry to learn that our colleague and friend Brad Woodard passed away this week at his home in Houston. Authorities discovered his body Wednesday morning after a relative called police to check on him after Brad failed to return several phone calls. Investigators say there was no evidence of foul play.
Brad was very proudly an “old school” journalist, always quick to defend an underdog in need. Within the television news community, he was widely regarded as one of the best writers in the business.
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Brad joined KHOU 11 News in March of 2006 and reported for us until March of this year. Prior to arriving in Houston, he worked for 16 years at KARE-TV, the Gannett owned NBC affiliate in Minneapolis-St. Paul, where many of his award winning reports were done.
Brad Woodard called me up and asked me if I would do an interview a few years ago. He had seen a video I did on CNN iReport of a Tea Party activist assaulting a speaker at the Texans’ Day Of Outrage Rally protesting Texas’ draconian cuts in education, healthcare, and social services.
At first I was hesitant because I know how many of the journalists twist the words of Liberals to fit Tea Party narratives. Liberals must make all attempts to control our own narrative.
Brad Woodard told me he was a straight shooter and would let the narrative reflect the truth. It was interesting that we talked for quite a while before the interview and after. In fact his camera man remembered me when my home got fire bombed while he was attempting to get an interview. (I refused to go on camera for that one because I was not going to allow them to make me seem like a victim on TV.)
While talking to Brad Woodard about the kind of activism I did, he was very much in sync with our politics. In fact he was lamenting the state of the media and what many of the journalists and camera folks had to go through with both budget cuts and the kinds of stories that got covered.
I told Brad Woodard I had written a book out of frustration with our politics. He asked me if I had a copy and kind off plugged it in the piece (w/journalistic standards of course).
Houston has lost one of the good ones. He was a real journalists.
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