RIP - Rocky Mountain News

The Rocky Mountain News had it's last edition last Friday. I feel for all the people who are now out of a job, in particular the ones who weren't the writers, just the average Joe printer or whatever.

That said, I didn't generally read it. They were offering damn near free subscriptions last fall. Actually had people going door to door in my apt, (which is against our rules and possibly illegal) last fall. Guy knocks on my door and said I could get the RMN free for six months or something. I just told him I wasn't interested and closed the door.

The paper kind of sucked. The endless coverage of Columbine, Elway, that dead Boulder girl Jon Benet Ramsey and whatever other local disasters. Mike Littwin and Tina Griego - politically correct shills. You knew what their opinion on anything was before they did. I need this shit? What wasn't this crap was AP wire stuff and ads.

All that said, a general purpose Denver news web page might be worth checking out.. I'll have to see what's out there.