McInnis exonerated? Not so fast, says media blogger

Former U.S. Rep. and gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis will not lose his law license as a result of the plagiarism that probably cost him last year’s GOP nomination for Colorado governor. While McInnis has been crowing about this, media critic Jason Salzman writes in his Big Media blog today that McInnis is still guilty of plagiarism and is still guilty of misrepresenting his work to the Hasan Foundation, which paid him $300,000 for a series of original water articles.

KHOW’s Caplis gets Obama ‘kingdom on earth’ quote wrong

During his afternoon drive time show on KHOW Tuesday, radio host Dan Caplis accused a caller of denying the historical fact that President Barack Obama during a 2007 “Close the God Gap Tour” said, “Elect me president so that I…

Post and (believe it or not) a talk-radio show had most primary election impact

Before the memory of the primary elections slips behind us (yes, I know it’s been unforgettable, but still), I wanted to point out the media organ that’s moved off the sidelines to have the second greatest impact on the election.…

Caplis: Beck beats Sharpton in representing ideals of King

On KHOW’s Caplis and Silverman show Monday, host Dan Caplis, asking whether Glenn Beck or Rev. Al Sharpton represents the ideals of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. better, explained that it is the conservative philosophy that serves the interests of…

Maes touts paper that donated ads to campaign

Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes, speaking on KHOW’s Caplis and Silverman Show Tuesday, touted the conservative leaning publication The Constitutionalist Today for its ability to help get the facts out in his race against Democratic…

Caplis: Obama’s support of mosque encourages radical Islam

On KHOW’s Caplis and Silverman Show Tuesday (Audio), Dan Caplis told listeners that President Barack Obama’s decision to support the building of a mosque at ground zero was encouraging radical Islam to see America as weak and in…

Rosen says McInnis, Churchill not comparable, others disagree

It seems like an age has gone by since the Denver media, gamely led by the bygone Rocky Mountain News, was in full-bore media frenzy over a CU professor named Ward Churchill.

And who was leading the frenzy, calling for…

McInnis ‘thrilled’ with assembly results, despite losing to Maes

Unsurprisingly, KHOW talk radio hosts Dan Caplis and Craig Silverman landed an interview with GOP candidate for governor Scott McInnis in the wake of his defeat at the GOP state assembly to relative unknown Evergreen businessman Dan Maes. McInnis…

Conservative radio-show hosts face-off on Ritter campaign withdrawal

A conservative KHOW talk-radio feud is running between the hosts of the morning and afternoon drive-time shows.  Without naming names, morning host Peter Boyles and afternoon hosts Dan Caplis and Craig Silverman sparred over their theories on why…

Hate-crimes prosecution could yield ‘mixed bag’ for Senate candidate Buck

Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck’s landmark hate-crime prosecution of a man accused of murdering a transgender Greeley teen could prove “very much a mixed bag” for the Republican, who emerged Tuesday as a candidate in the 2010 U.S. Senate election, political observers say.