In my Sat column, I wrote that Clear Channel’s Kris Olinger told me that the perceived political bias of a radio network is a factor in Clear Channel’s decisions on which radio networks to air on its Denver stations.

For example, CBS news is heard on AM760, which carries Air America. Fox is heard on KOA, which broadcasts sports and conservative talk, mostly.

Olinger told me that she doesn’t think the radio networks are, in fact, biased politically. She says that journalistically all three (ABC, CBS, and Fox) have their strengths and weaknesses.

So the perception that Fox radio is biased is a carry-over from TV, not radio, she says. I couldn’t find an analysis to prove this wrong. It doesn’t look like the national network radio feeds have been studied for political bias.

Dream Team? Rocky columnist Mike Littwin wrote Feb. 6 that wealthy entrepreneur Jared Polis hired a “dream team” of “high-paid lawyers and lobbyists” to defend Amendment 41.  

I don’t know why Polis’ team is any more dreamy than the hired guns attacking Amendment 41. In fact, the Rocky reported Jan. 24 that both sides hired “big guns” to represent them.  

In any case, the phrase “dream team” is laden with opinion, so it’s appropriate for Littwin’s column, but it’s not right for a news story, unless it’s attributed to someone.  

Yet, the day after “dream team” appeared in Littwin’s column, the phrase popped up twice in a Rocky interview with Jared Polis.  

The Rocky told Polis that “very few people can hire the dream team that you’ve hired,” and in another question asked how much he was paying for the “dream team.”  

The Polis interview was tough and interesting. And I wish more Rocky interviews were as aggressive as this one was.  

But the use of “dream team” introduced bias, particularly since it appeared in Littwin’s column the day before.  

I was left thinking that the reporter was trying to suggest that Polis’ wealth is giving him an advantage in the legislative fight, allowing him to hire the best consultants money can buy, while Amendment 41’s opponents can’t do this.  

Maybe this is true, but I doubt it, and it certainly hasn’t been proven.  

Reporters should ask more questions about why Congressman Bob Beauprez’s running mate Janet Rowland compared homosexuality to bestiality, polygamy, and incest.

The Beauprez campaign says Rowland is sorry. But we need to hear directly from Rowland on the matter, and some follow-up questions are in order, such as: 

“Ms. Rowland, do you think Mel Gibson should be forgiven for his recent anti-Semitic comments? Do you think your comments are in the same ballpark?” 

“What specific aspects of homosexuality brought up bestiality and incest in your mind? In other words, why do you think you made this regrettable statement?” 

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