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		<title>No justification for reporters to label Coffman a &#8220;moderate&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://bigmedia.org/2013/05/21/no-justification-for-reporters-to-label-coffman-a-moderate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 17:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Salzman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colorado 6th Cong. Distroct]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The jaw of anyone who’s followed the career of Rep. Mike Coffman dropped upon reading the National Journal’s characterization of Coffman yesterday as a “moderate who sometimes refers to himself as an independent.” It’s true that Coffman refers to himself as a moderate. Most endangered politicians trying to appeal to independent voters do so. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IRS troubles light up CO Springs talk radio</title>
		<link>http://bigmedia.org/2013/05/21/irs-troubles-light-up-co-springs-talk-radio/</link>
		<comments>http://bigmedia.org/2013/05/21/irs-troubles-light-up-co-springs-talk-radio/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Salzman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Talk Radio]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jeff Crank works for Koch-Brothers-funded Americans for Prosperity and doubles as conservative-talk-radio-host poster child, holding forth on KVOR in Colorado Springs. I offer Crank&#8217;s comments below, from Saturday&#8217;s show,to illustrate how the troubles at the IRS give echoers like Crank the perfect springboard to reach for their deepest anti-government rhetoric, while demonizing Obama at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lobbyist Radio Host and Lobbyist Guest Express their Scewy Feelings on Internet Radio</title>
		<link>http://bigmedia.org/2013/05/20/lobbyist-radio-host-and-lobbyist-guest-express-their-scewy-feelings-on-internet-radio/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 14:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Salzman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colorado State Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Talk Radio]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lobbyist Corky Kyle, who runs the Kyle Group, hosts an internet radio show called &#8220;In the Lobby,&#8221; which promises to give &#8220;you a backstage pass to the heated industry of lobbying and politics.&#8221; Here&#8217;s a taste of the backstage heat you got when Kyle had Tony Gagliardi, a lobbyist for the National Federation of Independent Business, on the show [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Post  should have spotlighted Morse&#8217;s role in passing stoned-driving standard</title>
		<link>http://bigmedia.org/2013/05/17/post-should-have-spotlighted-morses-role-in-passing-stoned-driving-standard/</link>
		<comments>http://bigmedia.org/2013/05/17/post-should-have-spotlighted-morses-role-in-passing-stoned-driving-standard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 17:53:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Salzman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colorado State Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Denver Post]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m late getting to this, but it&#8217;s still bugging me. In The Denver Post&#8217;s, &#8220;Winners and Losers of the 2013 Colorado Assembly&#8221; editorial May 9, Rep. Mark Waller got credit for being &#8220;instrumental in getting a bill passed to set a standard for driving while stoned. He also managed to find a few Republican votes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Krieble now wants work permits given without requiring immigrants to leave America first</title>
		<link>http://bigmedia.org/2013/05/16/krieble-now-wants-work-permits-given-without-requiring-immigrants-to-leave-america-first/</link>
		<comments>http://bigmedia.org/2013/05/16/krieble-now-wants-work-permits-given-without-requiring-immigrants-to-leave-america-first/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 18:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Salzman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Talk Radio]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Connoisseurs of the immigration debate in Colorado are familiar with Helen Krieble&#8217;s &#8220;Red Card Solution,&#8221; which originally envisioned undocumented immigrants marching out of the U.S., getting a work permit from a private company, and then returning to the U.S. And all of this would be handled by the private sector. Krieble&#8217;s plan has been getting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>9News&#8217; innovative fact-checking partnership with Denver Univeristy should be national model for local TV stations</title>
		<link>http://bigmedia.org/2013/05/16/9news-innovative-fact-checking-partnership-with-denver-univeristy-should-be-national-model-for-local-tv-stations/</link>
		<comments>http://bigmedia.org/2013/05/16/9news-innovative-fact-checking-partnership-with-denver-univeristy-should-be-national-model-for-local-tv-stations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 16:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Salzman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[9News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colorado presidential race]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[During the last election, Denver&#8217;s local NBC affiliate (9News) hired Denver University graduate students to help reporters check the facts in election ads. &#8220;We essentially created three temporary jobs with a set number of hours each week to study as many ads as possible,&#8221; 9News Assistant News Director Tim Ryan told me via email. &#8220;What we assumed, which turned out to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reporter exposes lawmaker for manufacturing a phony war on rural Colorado</title>
		<link>http://bigmedia.org/2013/05/15/reporter-exposes-lawmaker-for-manufacturing-a-phony-war-on-rural-colorado/</link>
		<comments>http://bigmedia.org/2013/05/15/reporter-exposes-lawmaker-for-manufacturing-a-phony-war-on-rural-colorado/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 17:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Salzman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colorado State Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grand Junction Sentinel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Grand Junction Sentinel&#8217;s Charles Ashby deserves credit for correcting one of his local lawmakers who claimed a bill mandating a higher renewable energy standard would devastate his constituents when, in fact, it wouldn&#8217;t affect them at all. On Channel 6&#8242;s Colorado State of Mind Friday, Ashby told the story of how SB 252, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why the world looks upside down if you take the wrong talk-radio show too seriously</title>
		<link>http://bigmedia.org/2013/05/14/why-the-world-looks-upside-down-if-you-take-the-wrong-talk-radio-show-too-seriously/</link>
		<comments>http://bigmedia.org/2013/05/14/why-the-world-looks-upside-down-if-you-take-the-wrong-talk-radio-show-too-seriously/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 18:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Salzman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Grassroots Radio Colorado]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On KLZ&#8217;s Grassroots Radio Colorado yesterday, co-host Ken Clark told a story about how he was waiting in line for car wash and got rear-ended. He jumps out to confront the asshole who hit him. He’s  swearing and cursing and cussing and&#8230;. He can’t see who hit him because of tinted windows. He assumes the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Post dips toe in (then out) of search to find out who&#8217;s funding recall campaign targeting Senate President Morse</title>
		<link>http://bigmedia.org/2013/05/13/post-dips-toe-in-then-out-of-search-to-find-out-whos-funding-recall-campaign-targeting-senate-president-morse/</link>
		<comments>http://bigmedia.org/2013/05/13/post-dips-toe-in-then-out-of-search-to-find-out-whos-funding-recall-campaign-targeting-senate-president-morse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 19:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Salzman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colorado State Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Denver Post]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a Spot Blog post Sunday, The Denver Post cited a story from Colorado Springs TV station KOAA reporting that organizers of the campaign to recall Senate President John Morse hired Kennedy Enterprises to gather signatures to put the recall question on the ballot. But the Post&#8217;s print version of its Morse-recall story, unlike it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weld County Sheriff won&#8217;t arrest federal agents</title>
		<link>http://bigmedia.org/2013/05/07/weld-county-sheriff-wont-arrest-federal-agents/</link>
		<comments>http://bigmedia.org/2013/05/07/weld-county-sheriff-wont-arrest-federal-agents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 17:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Salzman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colorado State Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media omission]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last month I reported that Larry Pratt, Director of Gun Owners of America, praised Weld Country Sheriff John Cooke for his opposition to gun safety legislation. On KFKA&#8217;s Scooter McGee show, Pratt said some 400 sheriffs in the U.S. are promising not to enforce gun-safety laws, like Colorado&#8217;s new statute expanding background checks. Pratt also said some sheriffs have [...]]]></description>
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