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More insights into the face-off between Sen. Ray Scott and the GJ Sentinel
It isn’t often a newspaper threatens to sue a reader for allegedly smearing its good name. Probably even rarer: when the reader in question is an elected official. Much already has been reported about the potentially precedent-setting joust between the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel and Grand Junction-area state Sen. Ray Scott; we won’t rehash it here. Just…
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The legislation at root of the ‘fake news’ flap is itself a ‘muddied mess’
ColoradoPolitics.com’s Joey Bunch offered some enlightening insights earlier today about the headline-making face-off in Grand Junction between a veteran state lawmaker and his local newspaper’s publisher. That smackdown probably doesn’t need another recap; if you haven’t read Bunch’s blog post on the subject, please do so. Then, read a solid story-behind-story by Complete Colorado’s Sherrie Peif about the seemingly innocuous bill…