The Republicans in Colorado continue to spend money to dominate media and silence debate.

One of the very few television shows in the region that features both left and right points of view, “Head On”, airs weekly on one of our local PBS stations (KBDI Channel 12). It is hard-hitting, particularly from the left in the person of Dani Newsom. Dani was the communications point person for the state Democratic party for some time, and has been a vocal activist in the area for years.

Well, Dani took strong exception to the Republicans' back-room redistricting, and said so.

And was promptly fired.

Because it turns out that the show, while airing on 'public interest television', is in fact owned and paid for by Republican State Senate President John Andrews. Whose paleoconservative hide couldn't take the whuppin' Dani put on it regularly.

So, scotch one voice from the left.

Nice to see that taxpayer-supported public television is in fact a paid mouthpiece for the right. Email KBDI-12’s General Manager Wick Rowland (or at askkbdi@kbdi.pbs.org), and ask him why he’s using your money to promote the radical right in Colorado. You can follow Pen Tate’s lead:

Some people think the show should be eliminated if Newsum isn't on it. Penfield Tate III, a former state senator who ran for mayor of Denver, is one of them. He fired off a letter to KBDI general manager Wick Rowland.
Tate, in the letter co-authored by Maggie Fox, wife of U.S. Rep. Mark Udall, D-Colo., said allowing the Senate president to "dictate the content and on-air talent of any program airing on KBDI is completely at odds with the station's commitment to diversity and inclusivity."