They say it better...

Mike Littwin and Vince Carroll weigh in on U.S. Rep. Jared Polis' glee at the Rocky going under and his apology "to anyone who was offended." (Hey, isn't that a righty tactic - and for those of you who are good with it, well, we're good with it too!)

Meanwhile, David Bennahum, the president and CEO of Center for Independent Media, which operates Colorado Confidential (now Colorado Independent) called today to say that the center decided to give back Polis' money once he announced he was entering the primary. That happened in May 2007, according to this post at the political news site. The event i described yesterday occurred in August 2007. i have great respect for David Bennahum, and believe it's possible he didn't realize what was going on in Colorado. But the ME of Colorado Confidential told me when repressing a negative post on Polis that she'd discussed it with Bennahum and others in the D.C. headquarters.

Again, the point here, made far better by Littwin and Carroll, is that Polis, a congressman (my congressman, in fact), would prefer a media that tells only his side of the story.

And that's not journalism, folks.

The left and right continue to gloat...

Let's see.

Rush Limbaugh says liberal bias caused the Rocky Mountain News to fail. Gee, Vince Carroll, what would you have to say about that?

Then Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Polis says it's the progressive (aka liberal) blogosphere responsible for the newspaper's demise.

Each of these - and plenty more out there in the blogosphere - would love nothing better than to preach only to the choir, presenting only their version of the world.

Believe me, i know. i once served as a consultant to a political news Web site funded in part by Polis. The idea was to pay bloggers to report and write more like journalists. But when it came right down to it, there was some news that wasn't news. Like when a Polis staffer/blogger slammed his two 2nd Congressional District opponents and was forced to resign. The managing editor for the site refused to allow a post on this subject for most of a day because, as she told me, A) Polis helped fund the site and B) the staffer in question was a friend of hers and C) Polis had paid to send the ME, the Polis staffer and others to Yearly Kos (aka Netroots Nation) the weekend before. After much debate among the staff, ME wrote her own brief post (after midnight).

And i resigned from the site. Because i didn't want to work for a political campaign. i wanted to work for a news site. And suppressing or ignoring the news isn't what journalism is about.

Sites from the other political perspective also report some stories and ignore others.

But preaching only to the choir certainly helps the cause of folks like Limbaugh and Polis. If traditional journalists aren't around (in print or on the Web) to offer complete stories, featuring all sides, all the better for the idealogues.

Citizens, too, need to understand that they're not always getting the complete picture from some - and they need to seek out the truth from less self-serving sources than Rush and Jared.

Some Rocky links with which to ROCK ON!

We definitely ROCK ON here.

And for you baseball buffs wanting more on your Rockies, Inside the Rockies is the place for you.

Meanwhile, former Rockster Jonathon Berlin writes about what he learned at the Rocky, design-wise.

Just wondering...

Where is some of this coming from? i mean, these Rocky death sites...

On this one, i have some ideas. Good idea on the selling stuff front!

What is this Matt Hunt person who really is trying to make money on this?? IMHO, bad idea on the selling stuff front. RT KnowNewspapers@savetheRMN Looking forward to helping just as soon as we see that you've registered as a proper 501(c)3 non-profit. It's an important step.