The Colorado Sun: On Tuesday night I found myself unexpectedly heated in defense of journalism and the Fourth Estate. Sitting on a panel at the Denver Press Club, I wanted the audience to understand the significant threat the current environment for journalism poses to our country.

My tirade erupted as we discussed how journalists have been forced into obsequiousness.

The recent changes at the Washington Post ignited my passions. Owned by Amazon bazillionaire and oligarch Jeff Bezos, WaPo made national headlines in October when it announced it would not endorse in the upcoming presidential election. As a leading national paper that had made such hard choices for decades, it was more obvious than the shine on Bezos’ head that he did not want to earn the ire of Donald Trump.

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