Times’ Reporter Excluded from Press Conference

I know, it sounds like a total joke of a press conference, but Theresa Caballero also had a reporter from the El Paso Times barred from the press conference she called earlier today.

Which I am told was pretty much pointless because there were no new revelations at the press conference, just basically a rehashing of her tired-ass conspiracy theories.

I know, you are amazed. So was I considering how, in my humble opinion of course, the El Paso Times’ management seems to be perfectly happy carrying water for Caballero and Leeds.

There are only so many media outlets in town and Caballero seems to have a rocky relationship with most of them. There are 5 television stations in town, KDBC, KVIA, KTSM, KFOX, and KINT. There are three print publications, El Diario, The El Paso Inc, and the El Paso Times. Talk radio is a form of media, so go ahead and throw us in there. And let’s not forget the blogosphere, which is a form of media. There are really only about three political bloggers in town these days (that don’t work for the El Paso Times).

If I’m not mistaken, Caballero is litigating against KVIA. If memory serves she had a pretty testy interview a while back with KFOX (over City Rep Quintana’s case). She’s had an on-again, off-again relationship with the El Paso Times that is hard to explain. Sometimes she seems to love them to death, sometimes she hates them. But I guess people could say the same about me and David K.

Only recently (as in early today), has Caballero bothered sending press releases to KINT.

That means she has a conflict-free relationship with only two local TV stations, KTSM and KDBC, which are really just one team.

She buys ads from El Diario every time she has something she wants published. Sito Negron and David Crowder aren’t on her Christmas card list, but I’m not sure how she feels about the rest of The El Paso Inc.

She has no friends in the blogosphere. Stuart Leeds is suing David K and he’s the only other guy around here, other than yours truly, that’s had the huevos to write critically of She-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named. Sammy C is my homie, and therefore more than likely on her shitlist too.

We all know how she feels about me. She hates me, which is a shame because I really like, respect, and look up to her.

(Ha, ha, ha, ja, ja, ja)…sorry, even I couldn’t keep a straight face when I typed this!

I’ve lost track of how many times she’s called management to bitch about something I’ve written because she can’t take criticism.

For what its worth, word around the journalist water cooler is that Caballero didn't want Bracamontes there because she alleges his son Aaron was once an intern in Esparza's office. He, by the way, is not an attorney. He's a sports writer for the Times. Which is weird that she zero's in on that as some sort of issue because she used to work...wait for it...in the DA's office as a prosecutor (along with Stuart Leeds).

I guess the point I’m making here is, just how many more enemies does she want to make? We all know that she’ll be running for something again, so why the desire to push away people that will give her what she, in my humble opinion of course, appears to want the most…attention?

At the rate she’s banning people from her press conferences, she might have to order Stuart Leeds to start a blog before her next campaign in order to have someone show up to her press conferences!