Category Archives: News21 Blog

In at least 10 ways, says Washington Post blogger Jennifer Rubin, the MSM story line about Paul Ryan as Mitt Romney’s running mate has been flawed.  Here’s her list. The punditocracy has gotten nearly everything wrong in this election cycle. … Continue reading →

The death of Charley Martin, a fixture on Denver morning radio from the ’70s to the ’90s, was deemed important enough by Denver Post editors to put on Page 1 today.  But in writing the story, Joanne Ostrow didn’t see … Continue reading →

On Friday morning, July 21 Brian Ross of ABC News speculated on live TV that James Holmes, the previous night’s accused killer in Aurora, Colo., was a member of the Tea Party. A few hours later, Ross posted a short … Continue reading →

 Since big media get our brickbats for reporting irresponsibly, when coverage is notably responsible they deserve a bouquet. What a pleasant surprise to see the Sunday Denver Post on May 20, a week after Mother’s Day, veer off its customary secularist-feminist … Continue reading →

You don’t have to care about where President Obama was born (and I don’t, it’s utterly moot) to find it newsworthy that he and his sponsors and handlers are and long have been (newest dateline, 1991) willing to endlessly, shamelessly … Continue reading →

Newspapers are free to take sides, always have been.  But what happened to the journalistic convention of separating the editorial page from the news columns, and flagging on the latter any departure from just-the-facts as “analysis” or “opinion”?   The … Continue reading →

Major print and broadcast outlets in Colorado allegedly feature a lot more commentators who tout the Republican party (me included) than those who tout the Democratic party.  So says local media critic Jason Salzman of BigMedia.com in a recent Huffpo … Continue reading →

Everybody knows we tend to see what we’re looking for, play up the evidence that matches our expectations and discount the contrary evidence.  So does that trope color conservatives’ (or liberals’) perception of media bias?  Curtis Hubbard, Denver Post editorial … Continue reading →

Mike Rosen calls out media’s malpractice on Florida shooting with doctored audio, dishonest photos, and all-around “hoodie journalism.” http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_20327311/hoodie-journalism