by George Gramlich, Editor

I received this email below from Jill Farschman of the Colorado Press Association last week:

The last line is a link to the Boston Globe article calling for all the newspapers in the U.S. to write editorials condemning President Trump’s attacks against the main stream media concerning the media coverage of him and his administration.
The Colorado Press Association (CPA) is the “trade” group for Colorado newspapers. It has been around for a long time. It is definitely left leaning. Regrettably, when we started the Sentinel six years ago we thought it prudent to join the CPA for a variety of reasons, one being credibility as a new, startup newspaper. It isn’t cheap to join. It became apparent when working with them and viewing their publications over a period of two years that the Sentinel was probably a lone sheep dog in a pack of left wing wolves. So we quit the organization.
What Jill Farschman’s email shows is exactly what Trump is alleging: the main stream media’s progressive reporting bias.
So let’s look at some facts. Multiple, well respected media monitor organizations have published well documented studies showing that Trump’s main stream media coverage has been, since he was inaugurated, over 90% NEGATIVE. When they analyzed the eight years of Obama’s reign, they found the coverage to be only 30% negative. In fact, Trump’s negative coverage rate is the highest in 30 years or so.
The main stream media insists it is not biased, but the facts show contrary. They are biased. Hugely. And they refuse to admit it. (Note there is nothing wrong with a newspaper being openly liberal or conservative in their views. Just admit it and don’t lie to people about it.)
So, is the President wrong in criticizing the main stream media? Absolutely not!
Now let’s get to our beloved Colorado Press Association (CPA). They are obviously part of the left wing, corrupt, deep state press as they are pressuring Colorado’s newspapers to INCREASE their biased, left wing coverage of President Trump.
Quite frankly, the CPA is a disgrace. Asking their members to write biased, slanted hit pieces on Trump and to continue the biased negative coverage is the antithesis of good journalistic ethics. It is symptomatic of where most of the press is today – partners with the progressive deep state that is destroying our once free society and replacing it with a soon-to-fail socialistic nightmare.
Other than a few publications around the country (including The Sangre de Cristo Sentinel), the newspaper business is solidly in the hands of the left (including our other local, faux “libertarian” newspaper). Woe to those publications that deviate from their Alinsky brothers in not condemning a President who, finally, is putting America First.
So, is the CPA “the enemy of the people”? Without a doubt.
So, the next time you see a newspaper touting some awards given to them by the CPA, you know it is a reward for towing the
progressive line.
(An interesting note: Jill Farschman, the Interim CEO for CPA who sent us the email, of course has multiple degrees from San Francisco State University. Another California lib trying to destroy Colorado.)