Yep, you guessed it, the "gang of 4" is at it again. Colorado is a microcosm of what's going on in the US political arena.

Dems yell, lie, cajole, pressure until you are "forced" to believe them...

Source: Third Colorado newspaper says Polis’ staff asked them to remove article
POSTED 9:30 PM, SEPTEMBER 27, 2019, BY MATT MAURO AND ASSOCIATED PRESS

DENVER -- The press operation for Gov. Jared Polis is being criticized after it asked two small-town newspapers to remove a news story from their websites, and FOX31 has also discovered another newspaper editor who said Governor Polis’s office asked him to remove an article.

The Kiowa County Press in Eads and The Chronicle-News in Trinidad said they were asked to remove an article reported by what Polis’ staff deems a biased news organization funded by groups affiliated with the conservative Koch family

Rick Langenberg, the editor of The Mountain Jackpot News in Teller County, said he received repeated calls from the governor’s office asking for this article to be removed in June.

“When we ran it, we got a request to take the article off our website, like immediately,” Langenberg told FOX31. “They were fairly aggressive about it. In my opinion they were upset about the headline.”

But Governor Polis’s office said that’s not true. It told FOX31 there was a fact error in the story and wanted that corrected.

you reap what you sow

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But Governor Polis’s office said that’s not true. It told FOX31 there was a fact error in the story and wanted that corrected.

It would help to know what that fact error was.

Democrats: dismantling the Bill of Rights, piece by piece.

James in Denver, I haven't heard this story reported on radio news (yet) so thanks for posting.

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But Governor Polis’s office said that’s not true. It told FOX31 there was a fact error in the story and wanted that corrected.

It would help to know what that fact error was.

Agreed. The FOX 31 report could have done a little more digging to try to establish the supposed "fact error".

This article is from one of the hyperlinks in the O.P's posted article.

[Additional hyperlink at linked article]

https://kdvr.com/2019/09/26/po...move-biased-content/

POSTED 1:19 PM, SEPTEMBER 26, 2019, BY ASSOCIATED PRESS, UPDATED AT 01:36PM, SEPTEMBER 26, 2019


DENVER — The press operation for Gov. Jared Polis is being criticized after it asked two small-town newspapers to remove from their websites a news story reported by what Polis’ staff deems a biased news organization funded by groups affiliated with the conservative Koch family.

The Kiowa County Press in Eads and The Chronicle-News in Trinidad refused the Sept. 4 request from spokesman Conor Cahill to “unpublish” the story, which was reported by Chicago-based The Center Square.

Cahill’s request related to a straightforward account about a new state office dedicated to the future of labor.

Cahill didn’t ask for a correction. But his request stunned those who work at the papers, which increasingly rely on content supplied by startups such as The Center Square as they and other “legacy” news media have cut staff.

“Over the 27 years that I’ve worked in this industry I don’t recall anything like this coming from state or federal officials,” said Chris Sorenson, publisher and online editor of the Kiowa County Press , which was founded in 1887.

Sorenson said he received a follow-up email from Cahill seeking to discredit Center for The Square as a non-reputable news source.

“Well wait a minute. I’m not sure that’s an appropriate judgment call for them to make,” Sorenson said. “That’s my call. We’ve been using their content for a couple of months now, and it has included coverage complimentary of the governor’s administration.”

The Center Square was launched in May, focusing on state, statehouse and public spending coverage.

It’s affiliated with the Franklin News Foundation, formerly the conservative Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity, whose donors have included groups funded by the Charles Koch Foundation.

The Polis administration doubled down Thursday after The Center Square reported on the controversy on Wednesday.

“When we looked into this group and discovered that it was not an objective wire service, but instead a branded website funded by the Koch Brothers’ political organization, we were alarmed that it was being reprinted by reputable news outlets in the state,” Polis’ press office said in a statement.

“Newspapers can publish whatever they want to, anywhere they want, at their own prerogative, but the public is served best when articles by partisan organizations are placed in the opinion section or branded accordingly.”

Dan McCaleb, executive editor of The Center Square, insisted there is a strict firewall between the organization’s news operation and its fundraising arm.

He said the Polis administration doesn’t return his reporters’ emails or phone calls and had never asked for a correction of the original article.

“I was in newspapers for more than 25 years before joining nonprofit media in 2017. I’ve never heard of anything like this happening,” McCaleb said Thursday.

The episode also provoked concern among press freedom advocates.

“It’s quite a big ask to request that a story be taken down, especially when you’re not pointing out inaccuracies in the story,” said Jeffrey Roberts, executive director of the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition.

“Ultimately, it’s the newspaper’s decision about what they want to publish. I also think the news organization has a responsibility to tell its readers where this content comes from and how it’s funded.”

Sorenson said he views the episode as “a momentary lapse in judgment” by Polis’ office and that his paper maintains professional relations with the administration.

“To me, it all blends in a bit in the national conversation revolving around the term, ‘fake news,'” Sorenson said, referring to a phrase repeatedly deployed by President Donald Trump to disparage journalism.

“It’s important not only about The Center Square but also about bringing a wide variety of voices to smaller communities such as ours. As a small news operation, we can’t do that effectively alone.”

Fucking commie.

I’d have told him to go to hell...but that’s just me.

“Sorenson said he views the episode as “a momentary lapse in judgment” by Polis’ office and that his paper maintains professional relations with the administration.”

Maybe Sorensen should stop making excuses for Polis and his administration and call a spade a spade. Why try to be PC when the left makes no such effort?

This is war.

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I’d have told him to go to hell...but that’s just me.

“Sorenson said he views the episode as “a momentary lapse in judgment” by Polis’ office and that his paper maintains professional relations with the administration.”

Maybe Sorensen should stop making excuses for Polis and his administration and call a spade a spade. Why try to be PC when the left makes no such effort?

This is war.

And here, I would've placed the article back on the web site's home page every time they called - with a note to the reader about why the old story keeps appearing.

And what does it tell all of us about the media's allegiance if they're willing to remove stories simply because some politician demands it.

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And what does it tell all of us about the media's allegiance if they're willing to remove stories simply because some politician demands it.

Luckily, at least 2 (possibly the 3rd) small town paper told the Gov to pound sand.

James

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And what does it tell all of us about the media's allegiance if they're willing to remove stories simply because some politician demands it.

Luckily, at least 2 (possibly the 3rd) small town paper told the Gov to pound sand.

James

Good for them. I wish the large media outlets had that sort of integrity and focus.