I write this about how Todd and other journalist including me are denied access to Boulder police reports, Scanner traffic, crime scenes. This is exactly what the Third Reich did with media when Hitler took over.

” “It [the press] is the press, above all, which wages a positively fanatical and slanderous struggle, tearing down everything which can be regarded as a support of national independence…”It must particularly exercise strict control over the press; for its influence on these people is by far the strongest and most penetrating.” ” Aldolf Hitler

Steve Lynton Writes for me. this. He describes how Chief Redfirm , and his pr people fabricate crime news and keep reporters fro seeing the reality of crime in Boulder: “Yup, Todd is not only “Boulder’s independent crime journalist”–he is, in fact, the only person in Boulder who provides regular reporting on criminal incidents in this city, perhaps the most fundamental requirement of news coverage in a municipality. That’s because Boulder is a news desert.

The Daily Camera only reports what BPD’s PR reps choose to post in their occasional news releases. Once in a while, the Camera also publishes details from a police statement that’s eventually been entered into jail or court records as a result of a criminal proceeding. Broadcast media also only report BPD’s news releases. As for Boulder Reporting Lab, it’s not a news organization; it’s a “progressive” advocacy organization and, therefore, does not cover crime or criminal justice proceedings. Stacy Feldman, who runs BPR, considers criminal activity to constitute “negative” news, unworthy of mention on her advocacy website.

In contrast, Todd does the basic reporting that the media ought to be doing. He obtains incident reports as soon as they become available and reports what he finds on Nextdoor. Todd also visits the scenes of some criminal incidents and attaches photos of what he observes. He used to report on incidents from scanner traffic.

But Redfearn has cracked down on public information and shut off access to scanner traffic. Redfearn also has instituted a system designed to delay and obstruct the release of incident reports and other public information. This is a city marked by illegal encampments, drug trafficking, overdose deaths, assaults and other criminal incidents, many of them stemming from addiction and mental illness. Downtown shops and restaurants face vandalism and shoplifting. Still, only Todd can be counted on to report news of these recurring incidents. We can observe the mess left by those encampments. But only Todd reports the details of the criminal incidents linked to the encampments and occurring in other neighborhoods.”