Army base kicks out the Denver Post

[kentuck]

http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~53~2585336,00.html

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Fort Carson -The Army is denying The Denver Post access to Fort Carson and to information on military activities in the wake of a Sunday article in The Post on military medical holds.

"We have temporarily suspended relations with The Denver Post as a direct result of Fort Carson not being given fair and balanced treatment in a story that appeared on Dec. 5, 2004," Lt. Col. David Johnson, the chief public affairs officer at the base, said Wednesday evening.

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[Pirate Smile]

1. I heard this on the radio. That cool breeze wafting over the First

Amendment is turning into a very cold gust.

[AZCat]

2. Do you think Lt. Col. David Johnson's use of the phrase

"fair and balanced" was coincidence?

My interpretation: The Denver Post will not be allowed back at Fort Carson until it emulates Fox News.

Great, just great.