July 22, 2005 08:00 AM UTC

Caught!

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• by: Colorado Pols

After weeks of digging, apparently, The Rocky Mountain News has uncovered one of the identities of the people behind ColoradoPols.com.

Colorado Pols is the work of many people on different sides of the aisle, and only one of those identities have been revealed (the others will not be, unless some news entity finds it on their own).

5280.com has the story. Here’s the Rocky Mountain News story.

More fallout…

From The National Journal:

MSM VS. THE BLOGS: Was The Denver-Area Press Threatened By All The Scoops Colorado Pols Has Been Getting? (Does The Pope Wear A Funny Hat?)

Having “traced e-mails” from a pseudonym of the heretofore anonymous Colorado Pols founder, Rocky Mountain News’ Jim Tankersley and M.E. Sprengelmeyer on 7/23 identified that person as Jason Bane, a journalist, a registered Dem, and aide to Denver DA Mitch Morrissey’s ’04 campaign. Bane “admitted responsibility” for the site, which he runs with 2 others, including a GOPer. Bane: “Certainly I have had a lot of involvement with it. It’s not my blog.”

Colorado Pols noted the article when it was posted on 7/22 p.m., under the header “Caught!”: “Colorado Pols is the work of many people on different sides of the aisle, and only one of those identities have been revealed (the others will not be, unless some news entity finds it on their own).”