Denver Post Owner Skewers Colorado's Governor (D) in Rare Front-Page Editorial

[Newsjock]

Source: Colorado Confidential

Denver Post owner Dean Singleton's front-page editorial attacking Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter on Sunday appears unprecedented in its name-calling, at least in the newspaper's recent history.

The editorial criticizing Ritter's executive order allowing state workers to join unions is only the third front-page editorial in the Post in the past decade, according to a newspaper database.

... This time, Singleton ordered up an editorial that referred to the governor as "Jimmy Hoffa," "a toady for labor bosses" and "a bag man for unions."

"The language used and the placement demonstrate a certain hysteria that stems from Mr. Singleton's personal dislike of organized labor," Ritter's spokesman, Evan Dreyer, said Sunday. "I think the degree of the personal attacks is a bit surprising for a newspaper of this caliber. To stoop to this level is unbecoming."

... The language in the editorial was so raw that the staffer predicted some distress among people in the newsroom.

Read more: http://www.coloradoconfidential.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=3046

[Bluzmann57]

1. Are there any Union members at that paper?

If so, they should wildcat strike at once. At the very least, I would hope that all members of any Labor Union in the entire state of Colorado just bombard that paper, and Mr. Singleton in particular, with letters of disgust. Demand a retraction.

[AX10]

2. Singleton is a Republican tool running a dying business.

[Cha]

16. Tool and Dye, eh?

I hope the Guv is up to fighting the denver post cause I'd love to see him win!

[AX10]

22. rofl

[yellowcanine]

3. The front page of a newspaper is for news. Editorials belong inside. By putting the

editorial on the front page Mr. Singleton is trying to confuse readers as to what is news and what is opinion. This is a really sleazy move on his part. The editor of that paper would resign if he/she had any balls.

[zbdent]

4. Much money from the Coors family?

[Red Zelda]

5. Singleton is pure, 100 percent scum

like many of the bootlick editors running his jaundiced newspapers.

[Red Zelda]

6. Did I mention this Bush-kissing whore Singleton

is also a union-busting, anti-Semetic, minority-hating bastard?

[0007]

7. Egads!

[NBachers]

14. No, but thanks for cluing us in! nt

[pokercat999]

19. In other words a normal, everyday, run-of-the-mill,

evangelical, RW, Neo-Con re-thug?

[Tab]

8. Singleton sounds like either William or Nackey Loeb

of the Union Leader (New Hampshire). Totally unabashed conservatives (both dead now). Reported news, but had no qualms about using it as a mouthpiece when they needed it. They're well known enough because it's the largest circ paper in NH (of the primaries), but also the most slanted. I refuse to subscribe to the paper. The Loebs can rot in hell for all I care, and it doesn't sound like the Singleton's will be far behind.

[otohara]

9. There Were Several LTE Today Condeming

this. This is the same editorial board who twice endorsed Bush. The Denver Post is supposed to the the "liberal" paper of the two choices we have.

[Cha]

17. That's what I thought

I remembered..the rocky mountain news was the more red? I saw a political strip from the rocky news in our local paper and I wish I could remember his name(the cartoonist's name) but I looked him online at the time and he was Very Progressive(you must know who he is?)

[otohara]

20. Mike Keefe

[Cha]

21. This guy..I had in my favorites!

The Good Stein!~Ed..


I was shocked he(look at his archives..he's killer right on) was at the rockynews..thanks for helping me remember in my round about way. :)

[BrklynLib at work]

10. Off to the greatest page with ye...

[BrklynLib at work]

11. Too bad that labor is not strong enough in this country to force that idiot to eat his words....

literally.

[tridim]

12. Considering Denver is a BLUE city, it was probably a poor career choice.

Unfortunately I canceled my DP subscription years ago, so I can't cancel again in protest.

[prolesunited]

18. Just call them anyway

or write a letter to the editor.

[eleny]

13. "forcing collective bargaining on thousands of state employees"

Talk about spinning sideways. :rofl:

As a retired Colorado State employee, I applaud Ritter for this move. I was the first person at Human Services to join the Federation of Public Employees and almost immediately was involved in a class action suit against the state that we won, btw. So many shenanigans against employees by the personnel system. We sure needed a union that wasn't in the pocket of the Repub legislature. Collective bargaining was a distant dream.

Bravo Ritter! :applause:

[paulk]

15. Singleton is a piece of shit

Ritter should be investigating that property Mr. Singleton bought for cheap back when the city of Denver owned Winter Park.