What Does the Denver Post's TV Critic Think Her Job Is

December 1st, 2010 7:03 PM
When I read a television column, I want to see reviews of shows.  I'll even read reviews of one-time shows like the Academy Awards, if the column is entertaining enough.  But Tom Shales's long slide down to irrelevance started, I think, when he began turning his reviews into political columns. Nobody's going to confuse Joanne Ostrow with Tom Shales, but she's following his lead in turning her…

Denver Post: ABC Producer Arrested Photographing Democratic Donors

August 27th, 2008 7:19 PM
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…