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Nexstar Tegna Merger Could Reshape Denver Journalism And Cut Off Local Voices
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The Colorado Sun, Approved, State

Nexstar Tegna Merger Could Reshape Denver Journalism And Cut Off Local Voices

By Nicole Vap | The Colorado Sun Combining newsleaders 9News and Fox31 already has triggered a lawsuit and concerned experts — and not just because of what might happen to Kyle Clark. 9News started its run as the top-rated TV station in the Denver television market back in the late-1970s, and for decades each newscast ended with video of regular people holding up their index fingers to remind viewers (and competitors) who was No. 1. The tradition fizzled out in the early 2000s, but current viewers might have noticed a new ending to the 9News newscast in the past few days, one that spells out a monumental change to the station and the Denver television market. A new copyright statement now flashes across the screen at the end of 9News broadcasts, marking the station’s...
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Colorado eye surgeon sets the record straight on EPA appointment: “I didn’t get my degree out of a Cracker Jack box”
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Rocky Mountain Voice, National, Top Stories

Colorado eye surgeon sets the record straight on EPA appointment: “I didn’t get my degree out of a Cracker Jack box”

By Jen Schumann | Rocky Mountain Voice The New York Times ran its verdict last week on Dr. Brian C. Joondeph’s EPA appointment. Just an eye doctor. Kyle Clark said the same thing. Joondeph is a Colorado retina surgeon and political commentator. Trump’s EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin tapped him for the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee—CASAC. The Times piece, published March 12, went after his qualifications: no air-pollution peer-reviewed research, not a climate scientist, wrong kind of doctor. Clark, a Denver television journalist, flagged the appointment on X. He wrote, “Trump administration appoints Dr. Brian Joondeph, eye doctor and longtime Colorado talk radio regular, to the EPA’s Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee.” https://twitter.com/KyleClark...
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