"Face the State" Bids Adieu (Again)

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1. but a reader nonetheless.  They had a conservative prospective on issues sure –  but I don’t think I read anything that was bat s… crazy. Peter Blake could be thought provoking and pointed out more than once the Chair of the PUC’s failings.

   RIP Face the State.  I’ll delete you from my bookmarks.  

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2. Obviously it came from a conservative perspective as Ellie stated, but there were articles that questioned the status quo. and that’s what journalism should do.

   Jared Jacang Maher is a good writer, and has always done well researched pieces.

   The problem with the publication is it had no real focus. I mean, what was the point? And no way to monetize the site, so it was dependent on those financing it, like Cranberg, who could pull the plug at any time, which is apparently just what happened.  

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3. It did a good job of skewering thenleft when we deserved it (plus many times we didn’t 🙂

   And I agree that it had trouble figuring out why it existed.

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4. For those of you around the capitol, FTS also has been publishing a print edition, on a more or less weekly basis, Capitol Call. If you get a chance to grab the latest edition, it’s worth it, if for no more than the WTF factor.

   This week’s top story was from the Great 8 Newspapers (the community papers in Jefferson County) on Sheriff Ted Mink’s problems with vacant properties. They also had a story on someone running for mayor of Thornton. There was no content from FTS at this point, and even last week’s edition had stuff from no later than Feb. 10 (this was the edition that came out on Feb. 17) so we were already wondering what was going on.

   Capitol Call was a collaborative project with the Don Knox-run Circuit Media, which does the online State Bill and Law Week.

   I was asking around today to find out what was going on, and even from someone who used to contribute to Capitol Call, I got a “huh?”

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5. but wonder what they did to Pols?!

   “Or, maybe the next “Face the State” will just write stories others care to read.”

   Ouch! I don’t closely track the Westword Best of stuff, but it couldn’t have been all bad if they won Best Political Blog.

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   1. Oh, young Ben, you should ask around before giving Westword’s award so much credence.

      The most recent FTS had a certain watch-dog feel to it, though it mostly dug up things no one cared much about.

      But the first incarnation was a conservative hit-piece through and through. Its biggest splash was a brief series based on stolen and forged CoDA documents, and even after it was thoroughly established that key portions FTS quoted were forgeries, the site never ran a correction. Its other biggest splash was going public with the Michael Garcia pool-table proposition before anyone else, for what that’s worth. (It got that one right.)

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      1. Thanks RG 🙂

         I think I recall in the beginning it was spun out of the Republican State Senate Communications office but I was under the impression that in it’s second iteration it was slightly more legitimate. Guess not?  

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         1. I do know that Westword gets some things right; Pho 95 is phenomenal and I believe won best Pho last time around.

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6. He’s a nice guy and a thoughtful commentator. I think if he had been given more freedom he would have had a better chance with FTS.

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