SandBoxBlogs: Glenwood Springs Post Independent/Your Letters "Udall's wilderness proposal ‘the right thing to do' "

One of the things 'SandBoxBlogs" did not set out to become was a media critic.  Yes, it's true. 

Unfortunately, there was such a huge problem with two of our local papers at the time it became impossible not to be critical.  Think back to 2009, 2010 and the early part of 2011 at 'the way things used to be on the PI and Times'.  The Times cleaned up very quickly and capped that with standing up to corporate and begging off having a publisher in-house.  From that point forward, they've been the Times we all recognize under the ownership of Swift Communications.  Much better read every morning than the direction they had been going down.

The PI is 1000% better with another 75% or so left to go.  Consumer complaints are more about  content, writers and power abuses than they are accusations of being a 'tabloid trash media'.

The balancing act for local commentators is to figure out what to lend energy to and what to ignore.

SandBox has just ignored all the gushing coverage on the virtues of Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colorado) and his latest attempt to recreate Hidden Gems under a new name.  Any land grab bill is likely to fail in the end and we'll put our energy into the real politics of it all when those politics are called upon.

With that said, it is hard to watch the short memory span of local letter to the editor writers.  All this gushing and heaping of praise onto Udall's 'sainted' head is pretty tough to ignore when the reality of Sen. Mark Udall's politics are such that he will pander to either side of the coin when it comes to environmnental issues.

Fortunately, Colorado conservatives have fairly long memories and that is not good news for either Udall or Bennet.

Here are some reminders that balance out these praise filled letters to editors lately.  Wonder why these stories are pushed away to the back archives by the PI?  Hmmmmm......

http://www.denverpost.com/recommended/ci_18657546

http://coloradoindependent.com/104256/the-wizards-of-oil-how-the-koch-brothers-influence-environmental-politics

http://sandboxcommentators.blogspot.com/2011/10/sandbox-comments-glenwood-springs-post_9213.html

http://sandboxcommentators.blogspot.com/2011/12/sandbox-comments-colorado-peak-politics.html

http://sandboxcommentators.blogspot.com/2011/11/sandbox-comments-summit-county-citizens_2194.html

(Read today's letter praising Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colorado)?  Click title)

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