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COMMENTARY: Sixteen years after the Balloon Boy hoax, I'm nostalgic for those simpler lies and real consequences for the liars
October 16, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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“This consolidation... risks weakening a commercial anchor institution like 9News at the very same time that our public media, which is a lifeline for many rural areas, is facing its own funding crisis," Colorado Media Project director Kimberly Spencer tells @johnwenzel.bsky.social
Broadcast TV merger could spell layoffs, programming changes for 9News and Fox31
Experts say a local news merger will rock Denver’s TV market. They just don’t yet know by how much.
www.denverpost.com
August 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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The Denver Post stands firm when a flack for the federal government tries to go on background.

The NY Times? Well, not so much.

Via today’s Laurels/Darts.

www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
July 18, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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COMMENTARY: CBS joining ABC in bowing to President Trump is a reminder that journalism is quietly defended against powerful interests in newsrooms across America every day. Thank you to the news leadership and media owners standing behind journalism that matters.
July 3, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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COMMENTARY: It takes a great country to admit its mistakes. The Trump administration's new signs at Colorado's National Historic Sites reflect weakness and insecurity.
June 20, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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The president of a meat-processing plant says there's "no playbook" on how to move forward after 76 workers were arrested.
How a city in Nebraska is recovering after the state's largest worksite immigration raid
The city of Omaha is trying to forge ahead following the raid's chilling effect on the local workforce and the community at large.
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June 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Hannah Strickline answered her door at Cedar Run to find “six heavily-armed officers demanding ID,” she said. After she provided her identification, she told The Denver Post, they asked which of her neighbors might be undocumented.
Feds go door-to-door demanding IDs at Denver apartment complex: “I would never snitch on my neighbors,” resident says
Hannah Strickline answered her door at Cedar Run to find “six heavily-armed officers demanding ID,” she said. After she provided her identification, she told The Denver Post, they asked which of he…
www.denverpost.com
February 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Cigna tracks every minute that its staff doctors spend deciding whether to pay for health care.

Dr. Debby Day said her bosses cared more about being fast than being right: “Deny, deny, deny. That’s how you hit your numbers,” Day said.
www.propublica.org/article/cign...
A Doctor at Cigna Said Her Bosses Pressured Her to Review Patients’ Cases Too Quickly. Cigna Threatened to Fire Her.
Cigna tracks every minute that its staff doctors spend deciding whether to pay for health care. Dr. Debby Day said her bosses cared more about being fast than being right: “Deny, deny, deny. That’s ho...
www.propublica.org
April 29, 2024 at 11:08 AM