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Have the AP or Denver Post Actually Read the New Texas Curriculum?
By Joshua Sharf | May 23, 2010 | 7:06 AM EDT

Probably no more than Janet Napolitano or Eric Holder has read the new Arizona SB1070.  Ann Althouse has described the Washington Post's dereliction of duty in its description of the Texas curriculum.  The AP articles are no better.In two articles over the last two weeks, the AP has written the following (sometimes more than once) about the new Texas curriculum:

A far-right faction of the Texas State Board of Education gained a giant step forward Friday in injecting conservative ideals into social studies, history and economics lessons that will be taught to millions of students for the next decade.  (Emphasis added.  Nothing like setting the tone up front.)Teachers in Texas will probably be required to cover the Judeo-Christian influences of the nation's Founding Fathers — but not highlight the philosophical rationale for the separation of church and state.Curriculum standards also will describe the U.S. government as a "constitutional republic," rather than as "democratic."
Jones Resigns Over What?
By Joshua Sharf | September 6, 2009 | 2:44 AM EDT

Powerline nicely summarizes the problems with (now former) Obama Administration official Van Jones:

The Small Business Majority and the Denver Post
By Joshua Sharf | August 31, 2009 | 10:05 AM EDT

I know it's accepted by now that the MSM group will label any conservative group, "conservative," any libertarian group, "conservative," and any liberal group, "left-leaning" or "centrist," when they bother to label them at all.  But when a new one comes along, it's good to put both that group's leanings, and the MSM's failure to note them, on the record.The Denver Post recently ran a story about small business's internal divide over health care "reform."  In it, this:

Denver Post Helps Left Re-Define Astroturfing
By Joshua Sharf | April 17, 2009 | 10:30 AM EDT

The Denver Post reporters John Ingold and George Plavin either don't know what "astroturfing" is, or don't care to correct leftists for using the term incorrectly.  In their report on the Denver Tea Party, they quote Mike "The Headless Chicken" Huttner, as deriding the Tea Parties:

States Can't Afford to Track Stimulus - Denver Post, AP Forget to Ask Why
By Joshua Sharf | April 17, 2009 | 10:11 AM EDT

Apparently, one-tenth of one percent is too much money spend tracking, ah, your money.  The states are now starting to complain that they don't have enough money to track and publicize all the spending they're doing:

The Denver Post on HSAs and Single-Payer
By Joshua Sharf | April 8, 2009 | 2:16 PM EDT

Guess which one gets a better review?

As the Colorado House of Representative took us further down the road to socialized health care earlier this week, Douglas County School are considering moving to a Health Savings Account plan for their employees. Needless to say, the Denver Post finds this objectionable:

Douglas County School District soon may join a growing number of employers pushing workers to manage their own medical spending with health savings accounts, eliminating copays for drugs and doctor visits.

The transition is frightening for many who see it as a reinvention of health insurance as they've always known it.

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The Axe Falls on the Rocky Mountain News
By Joshua Sharf | February 26, 2009 | 3:16 PM EST

E. W.

Denver Post Removes 'The Lord' From Burris Story
By Warner Todd Huston | January 6, 2009 | 4:38 AM EST

The Denver Post seems to have decided that "the Lord" should not be allowed in its paper. In a January 5 report about Illinois Senator wannabe Roland Burris, the unwelcome Burris is quoted by the AP as saying "the Lord" had "ordained" that he get his Senate seat. At 3AM the Post had the full religious quote featured on its site, yet by 8PM the religious reference was purged from the story. One wonders why reference to the Lord was scrubbed from the report?

The report by David Espo of the Associated Press originally quoted Burris as saying that, "We are hoping and praying that they will not be able to deny what the Lord has ordained." Obviously, Burris is convinced that God wants him to be a Senator. (The full AP report with the religious reference can be seen here.)

Denver Post Attacks Coloradoans As Ungenerous - Ignored Effect of Taxes
By Joshua Sharf | December 7, 2008 | 10:36 PM EST

"Stingy," was what the UN deputy Secretary General called Americans for our response to the Asian tsunami a few years ago.  His comparison conveniently ignored our private contributions, which dwarf anything governments have to offer, especially in Red States.  (It also ignored the fact that the US Navy was the only instrument delivering anything approaching actual aid, as opposed to notional aid, which consists of meetings about aid rather than aid itself.)So it should be a matter of concern when the Colorado Non-Profit Association issues a report claiming large declines in Colorado's charitable giving between 2005 and 2006.  The average family's charitable giving declined from $4075 to $4046.

Denver Post Ignores Democrats' Role in Oil Shale Delay
By Joshua Sharf | November 19, 2008 | 7:55 PM EST

The Denver Post took note of leading state Democrats' objections to the Bush Administration's royalty rates for oil shale development in the state.  Senator Ken Salazar and Governor Ritter's spokesman claimed that setting rates was putting the cart before the horse, as the technologies weren't fully vetted yet:

Denver Post Changes Tune on Card Check
By Joshua Sharf | November 16, 2008 | 9:45 PM EST

The Denver Post comes out against card check this morning:

Denver Post: ABC Producer Arrested Photographing Democratic Donors
By Ken Shepherd | August 27, 2008 | 7:19 PM EDT

The Denver Post is reporting that "[a]n ABC News producer was arrested Wednesday outside the Brown Palace Hotel as he attempted to chronicle attendees at a private breakfast held by a Democratic Party campaign committee."In an article filed in the late afternoon on August 27, Post television critic Joanne Ostrow noted that the network insists they weren't breaking the law:

ABC said in a statement that Asa Eslocker and a camera crew were "attempting to take pictures on a public sidewalk of Democratic senators and VIP donors leaving a private meeting." "We're getting under their skin, I think," said Brian Ross, ABC News correspondent whose "Money Trail" reports are running every night this week and next from both nominating conventions.