Last night, FTS managing editor Brad Jones was interviewed for a Fox 31 news package exploring the debate over government-run health care. Representing the left was David Sirota, a well-known liberal columnist and cheerleader of President Barack Obama's "public option." Face The State was on hand to make the case for personal responsibility and responsible fiscal policy, with Sirota claiming conservative protesters are employing "old-school Brownshirt tactics" fed by "white backlash."
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2/1: The Post's bankruptcy filing
The Denver Post is flat-out broke. But don't expect the paper to go anywhere - at least not yet.
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8/14: One Republican who isn't running for Senate
Finally, a campaign announcement that makes some sense!
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Sirota unleashed: decries 'brownshirt tactics,' 'white backlash'
August 11, 2009Win a phone call from Jared Polis
July 16, 2009
Pres. Barack Obama's staff selects a dozen or so letters - from the thousands received at the White House daily - to receive a personal reply. But it's far easier to get a personal "hello" from U.S. Rep. Jared Polis. Just be the 12th next person to subscribe to Polis' Twitter feed, bringing him to a total of 3,100 "followers."
Conservative bloggers want your opinion
July 14, 2009Need a 10 to 15 minute distraction from work? Want an opportunity to sound off on Colorado politics? Colorado's conservative voices in the political blogosphere want to know where you stand.
Colorado blogger makes Olbermann's 'World's Worst People' list
July 9, 2009
Ross Kaminsky, the Colorado blogger behind Rossputin.com, has broken into the big time. Yesterday, he was named the third "worst person in the world" on liberal MSNBC pundit Keith Olbermann's famous nightly countdown.
Tidwell takes on the pirates
July 7, 2009
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Cleve Tidwell is many things, but we never pegged him for a swashbuckler on the high seas.
David Thielen on Bill Ritter
An interview with liberal blogger David Thielen, who recently sat down with Gov. Bill Ritter. Thielen offers up his perspective on the state of the Ritter administration and the influence of political blogs.
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The week's news: Black Hawk mayor buys paper; Aurora tows the wrong car
FTS managing editor Brad Jones and staff writer Kate Melvin look at some stories you might have missed this week in Colorado news.
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City of Longmont may move lucrative ad buys from local paper
A Face the State Staff Report
June 8, 2009
The City of Longmont is closely evaluating its contracts with the city's largest newspaper, the Daily Times-Call, and could move some or all of its advertising to another venue. While both the city and the newspaper's publisher say no action is imminent, at least two members of city council have inquired about the current contract, prompting staff research on the city's options in the arena.
Segment 1 - The week's news: CU alums deliver; big spending at CSU; sweatin' it at work
FTS managing editor Brad Jones and staff writer Kate Melvin wrap up the week in Colorado news. More alumni than ever are donating to the University of Colorado, but that doesn't stop the implementation of a new, mandatory fee for students. North in Fort Collins, the Coloradoan reports CSU spends $60,000 in a single month on food and entertainment. And Gov. Bill Ritter and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper want you to sweat it out for the environment.
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5/28: Another weekly newspaper shuttered
Another week in Colorado brings with it yet another newspaper closure.
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Get your political fix Thursday
May 21, 2009
While the legislative session has wrapped, you can still get your political fix this Thursday by attending KBDI 12's viewer reception party.
Finally, some exciting media news
May 21, 2009
And now, some industry shop talk. Maybe we just need to get out more, but this week's issue of our favorite alt-weekly, Denver's Westword, was cause for excitement Wednesday in the Face The State offices. The often irreverent but always smart tabloid is sporting a snazzy new glossy cover - and staples! C'mon, it's exciting!
School choice not just for conservatives anymore
May 20, 2009While USA Today is mocked by beltway insiders as an intellectual featherweight and by conservatives for its left-leaning tendencies, a Tuesday editorial makes an articulate and unexpected case for school choice.
Two Lives To Live For Denver Deputy DA Moynihan
May 19, 2009
Move over, Bill Ritter. The DA-turned-governor isn't the only man from the Denver prosecutor's office making headlines.
FTS Humor: White Men Can’t Jump (Into Politics)
Face The State Humor
May 15, 2009By Andrew Ripemoff
Remember the Weekly World News? You know, the tabloid that regularly ran headlines like this:
ALIEN GIVES BIRTH TO 300 POUND BABY – ELVIS IS THE FATHER
I think The Denver Post has hired some of those writers. One of the paper's recent front-page headlines may not have been as tantalizing as a tabloid, but it sure caught my attention.
National media recognizes Bennet’s vulnerability
May 14, 2009We know it. You know it. And now CNN is admitting it.
In an analysis of 2010 U.S. Senate races across the nation, CNN specifically cites Colorado’s freshman U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat, as someone who could face a tough race.
A true believer questions Ritter's 'new energy economy'
May 13, 2009Liberal Denver Post columnist Susan Greene likes alternative energy sources, but she isn't falling for Gov. Bill Ritter's rhetoric about the "new energy economy."
In her Tuesday column, Greene called Ritter out for praising Tri-State Generation, a leading producer of power in Colorado. Ritter applauded Tri-State for its "leadership" in the energy sector, despite the fact that less than 1 percent of the company's power comes from renewable sources.
Denver Post looks the other way on state of higher ed in Colorado
FTS Opinion
May 11, 2009While the media has eagerly clambered to cover stories chronicling higher education's budget woes, reporters have rarely - if ever - bothered to look closely at the real sources of the problem.
Now introducing the 'Jim Pfaff Show'
May 6, 2009
A growing number local conservatives have taken to the airwaves in recent months, with the latest activist to join the throng being Jim Pfaff, former state director for Americans for Prosperity.
InDenverTimes backers press on with leaner newsroom
A Face the State Staff Report
April 29, 2009
According to its investors, reports of InDenverTimes' demise are highly exaggerated.
Segment 2 - Trent Seibert on InDenver Times, online journalism
Former Denver Post investigative reporter Trent Seibert, now managing editor of TexasWatchdog.org, analyzes the breakup between investors and reporters at the startup InDenverTimes.com. Is there a clear model for sustainable online journalism in the shadow of a declining newspaper industry?
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Former Rocky reporters suffer another setback
A Face the State Staff Report
April 23, 2009
In a decision characterized as a "parting of ways" between funders and former Rocky Mountain News reporters, investors have decided not to go forward as planned with the InDenverTimes Web site. While the partnership sought 50,000 paid subscribers, it had only received 3,000 as of Wednesday.
4/22: Littwin on the tea party protesters
Did you attend a tax day "tea party" last week? If so, The Denver Post's Mike Littwin thinks you're a kook!
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INDenverTimes optimistic about subscriptions
A Face the State Staff Report
April 1, 2009
As its self-imposed May 4 deadline to activate subscriptions approaches, INDenverTimes, a new online publication produced by former Rocky Mountain News writers, is aggressively targeting potential subscribers while declining to reveal how close it is to reach its goal of 50,000 subscribers.
Amidst newspaper deaths, CU sees more aspiring print journalists
March 26, 2009Just weeks after the Rocky Mountain News printed its last edition, the University of Colorado's journalism school is seeing a rise in applicants.
Ritter's convenient omission on the airwaves
March 24, 2009
Gov. Bill Ritter was a Tuesday morning guest on 1010 KSIR, eastern Colorado's dominant agriculture news station, for a wide-ranging interview focusing on rural issues. He talked a lot about embracing Colorado's enviro-friendly natural resources like wind and solar power, but regulating the evil, dirty ones, like oil and gas.
3/18: Rocky writers press on with new Web site
The Rocky Mountain News lives on - in spirit, anyway.
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Denver Post story on Supreme Court ruling more editorial than news
FTS Opinion
March 17, 2009It’s been less than a month since the Rocky Mountain News folded, and Denver's remaining major daily already has us yearning for some competitive quality control. With its former rival gone, The Denver Post is taking strides to attract Rocky readers, but not to temper its newsroom's big-government proclivities.