-by Josh Schlossberg, Colorado Advocate, Eco-Integrity Alliance
[This opinion piece was sent to multiple media outlets in Colorado, yet each refused to publish it, in effect, media covering up its own cover up.]
As a former member of the media, I’d say we have every reason to worry if meddling from the Trump administration briefly took Jimmy Kimmel off the air. If so, government pressure resulting in media censorship might not only be a violation of the First Amendment but a sign of creeping authoritarianism.
Unfortunately, here in Colorado, evidence suggests we’re experiencing our own version of government twisting the arm of media to censor stories that might make them look bad. In this case, it’s a cover up—intentional or not—of the unprecedented onslaught of aggressive public lands logging by Trump’s U.S. Forest Service.
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