Why We Miss the Rocky

By Joshua Sharf (Bio | Archive)
October 16, 2009 - 11:16 ET
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CNN and the Detroit Free Press remind me of why we miss the Rocky Mountain News.

Years ago, the News had a foreign affairs editor named Holger Jensen.  Jensen was relentlessly anti-Israel, reliably making excuses for her attackers, and faulting Israel for defending herself.  His fact-checking was always a little suspect, but in April 2002, Jensen went too far.  He reprinted offensive excerpts from an Amos Oz interview purported to be with Ariel Sharon.  In fact, the interview was not with then-Prime Minister Sharon, but with another soldier. 

This was, you remember, mere weeks after the murderous Passover Bombing in Netanya.  Israel's response, which was drawing howls of indignation, and Jensen probably thought the timing was right. 

The timing couldn't have been worse.  The Rocky had finally had enough, and Jensen was forced to retire.

The *best* respose so far to the Limbaugh Quote Fabrications has been a sort of looking-down-at-one's-feet-while-poking-the-ground-with-one's-toe that you'd get from a kindergartener.  More typical has been a pro forma, "sorry," while skipping away to the next maladventure, typical of a sixth grader.

Which is what you get when the Adult Supervision has left the room.


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I wonder if Denver's

October 16, 2009 - 11:33 ET by HockeyKid

I wonder if Denver's "Progressive AM760"  will take David Sirota to task for his obvious lies to the audience (and resulting abuse of a caller) on Oct 15:

http://www.zshare.ne...

"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me

I miss the RMN

October 16, 2009 - 14:21 ET by Lorraine

The Rocky Mountain News was always my paper, from when I was a kid. My parents subscribed to both papers, but I only really like the News.

Despite their many attempts to do so, I refuse to pay money for the Denver Post and get all of my news online. I found I was able to replace almost every section of the newspaper with a free, reliable online source.

I miss the Rocky's special reports, photo-journalism, and quirky characters. I'm so glad Gene Amole wasn't around to see it's demise, he would have been heart-broken.