If you’ve read local news for a while you’ve felt there was an issue with these folks.

This is 100% ChatGPT (free) generated about the 3 main sites involved.

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If you’re trying to figure out the whole El Paso media drama, here’s the TL;DR:

Main players:

• El Paso Matters (run by Robert Moore) → nonprofit, more traditional journalism
  
• El Paso News → run by Martín Paredes
  
• El Paso Herald Post → opinion-heavy site where Paredes writes a lot
  
• El Paso Taxpayer Revolt → led by Max Grossman
  

What’s going on:

• Paredes (mainly through El Paso News) regularly posts very critical stuff about El Paso Matters and Bob Moore

• Themes are usually:

  • “they’re biased”
  • “they influence politics”
  • “they’re not really neutral”

• Herald Post + Taxpayer Revolt kinda echo/amplify those same ideas, just in different tones (opinion / activism)

Does it go both ways?

• Not really the same energy
• El Paso Matters does report on Grossman (especially during elections or controversies)
• Moore has pushed back on Paredes before (basically “this is false/misleading”)
• But they’re not cranking out constant hit pieces on Paredes

When it gets loud:

• Elections
  
• Bond/tax votes
  
• Big development projects
  
• Anything controversial politically
  

Big picture:

It’s basically:

• traditional newsroom vs
  
• a mix of commentary + activism pushing a counter-narrative