Colorado Media Matters

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Caplis again made inaccurate claim about Obama's statements regarding Wright

Dan Caplis of 630 KHOW-AM made another false claim about Sen. Barack Obama, asserting that the Democratic presidential candidate had never "specifically in any detail" repudiated the controversial remarks of his former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright. In fact, at an April 29 press conference, Obama stated that Wright's comments "should be denounced. And that's what I'm doing very clearly and unequivocally here today." Read more

KOAA, AP reported on allegations of El Paso County DA's drinking, but omitted his GOP affiliation

KOAA News First reported that it "found" 4th Judicial District Attorney John Newsome "drinking alcohol during work hours" and driving an El Paso County vehicle "after he'd been drinking." Repeating a practice Colorado Media Matters has documented frequently with other media, neither KOAA's report nor a similar Associated Press article identified Newsome as an elected Republican. Read more

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Post's Greene selectively cited record, minimizing Democrats' legislative accomplishments

Denver Post columnist Susan Greene asserted that the Democratic-led Colorado legislature "ends its session tomorrow having punted on most of its priorities." But in selectively listing some Democratic initiatives that would not be passed this session, Greene omitted others that were stated priorities of Gov. Bill Ritter and House Speaker Andrew Romanoff and have received or are near final passage. Read more