Saturday, July 17, 2004

Denver Dailies Ignoring Truth About Joe Wilson

Dave Kopel, author of 59 Deceits in Fahrenheit 911 (also linked in BlogRoll on the left), admonishes the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News for ignoring the latest crisis of credibility for Joe Wilson:
 
"...So given all this attention to Wilson and his claims, it would seem responsible for the Denver papers to let readers know that the U.S. Senate has determined that Wilson is not exactly a guy who always acts "in defense of truth," as detailed recently by The Washington Post..."
 
"...The Washington Post story has traveled all over the Internet, but has been ignored by much of the establishment media. From the Denver dailies, we have not a word now that a major anti-Bush scandal - which the papers considered newsworthy just a few weeks ago - has turned out to be a con...."
 
It seems that bad news, rather than the truth, is how we sell newspapers in Colorado.