I called Governor Polis’s office after Legislative Legal Services denied our Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) request today (6/12/19) for documents relevant to the Constitutionality of HB19-1110 signed by the Governor on June 3. They wrote that those documents are considered to be working documents and not subject to public access. The “Citizen Liaison” in…
Category: Media
I’ve requested ACLU assistance to stop Colorado HB19-1110 on media literacy ed as it is “Censorship by Proxy,” First Amendment violation
I also submitted a Colorado Open Records request to Legislative Legal Services asking for any and all documents related to the Constitutional basis for the bill. I attended the Federal Court’s Pro Se Clinic in Denver as scheduled to learn how best to challenge Colorado HB19-1110 regarding media literacy curriculum for secondary education based on…
Grandpa’s scrapbooks
A career US Marine who served in China and Korea after enlisting at age 14, my grandpa Albert Tidwell finally retired from military service in the late 1950s. He then became a teacher, professional writer, authored several books and wrote a weekly column in his local newspapers. He was a brilliant — and hilarious — storyteller…
Rule of law or law of rulers? Passage of Colorado HB19-1110 means Federal Court is next step for answers
For-profit institutional media has weaponized the First Amendment against the very Citizens it was enacted to protect. Colorado House Bill 19-1110 regarding “media literacy in our schools” is yet another power play by the newspaper lobby to double-down on their monopoly privileges without qualification over all other media segments in order to influence, gaslight, overtake,…
Why did I send testimony opposing Colorado HB19-1110 on media literacy? It violates the US Constitution
As a career media professional and registered Independent, I appreciate the State’s concerns over the proliferation of Citizen (social) media — and its influences and outcomes — over the past decade. My profession felt almost nationalized as everyone became instant publishers; no experience, no accountability required. I get it, believe me. However, it is precisely…
Does the right to advertise supersede the right to privacy? Facebook’s odd math problem (reason #4, why I left)
Remove the advertising from Facebook and you remove the need for privacy invading data that advertisers need in order to target users. Offer an ad-free alternative to its 2.52 billion users at a low monthly fee of only $5 each, with privacy, and its income would go from $55 billion to $140 billion. No ads…
Cold War Propaganda incited me to dig deeper, to recognize tells, and to question … everything.
Why did I pursue a degree in Russian Area Studies from the University of Texas in the late 1980s through early 1990s, a degree considered fairly worthless when I started except for those planning a career in the US State Department or CIA, neither of which I had any intention of joining? And why, considering…
