Colorado Media Newsroom
May 16th, 2013, 12:29 PM
From The Denver Post:
http://blogs.denverpost.com/ostrow/files/2013/05/keli-and-morrissey_1368475937772_414402_ver1.0_320_240.jpg (http://blogs.denverpost.com/ostrow/files/2013/05/keli-and-morrissey_1368475937772_414402_ver1.0_320_240.jpg) Denver DA Mitch Morrissey and Keli Rabon of 7News
If you’ve been keeping score in the ongoing Denver TV news versus Denver DA war of words, you’ve seen a fascinating interplay of public officials and local TV journalists in action. It hasn’t been pretty, but it’s instructive for both sides. The TV journalist, Keli Rabon, has appeared professional and consistently probing, after seeking an interview with Denver DA Mitch Morrissey for five months. The elected official has come across as bullying and stonewalling, his office seeking to control the flow of information and accusing the station of being untrustworthy.
If you’ve been watching, you know that 7News reported (http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/call7-investigators/denvers-da-refuses-more-than-70-percent-of-sex-assault-cases-and-35-percent-of-felony-cases) that “Denver’s DA declines more than 70 percent of sex assault cases and 36 percent of felony cases.” The story was reprinted in the Denver Post.
7News then took the highly unusual step of posting the nine-plus-minute entirety of an interview (below) from Morrissey on its website. “I’m more than happy to talk to you off camera,” he says repeatedly. “You don’t tell the truth, lady. I have seen your editing*I know none of this will make your ambush*unfair attacks is what you’re about.”
The DA posted a lengthy rebuttal, “Setting the Record Straight.” (http://www.denverda.org/News_Release/Setting_the_Record_Straight.htm)
7News responded with a post noting “Denver DA posting has numerous errors.” (http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/call7-investigators/denver-da-posting-called-setting-the-record-straight-has-numerous-errors)
Seven out of 10 rapes in Denver aren’t prosecuted, 7News investigator Arthur Kane notes when they’re finally sitting down, talking. There they are, in semi-darkness on the DA’s video feed, obtained by 7News through the state’s open records laws. Morrissey says it’s about working with the evidence that the city has, and proceeding when there is “a reasonable likelihood of conviction.” He adds, “this is a moving target that you guys are throwing at me.”
By the way, asking questions is their job.
More... (http://blogs.denverpost.com/ostrow/2013/05/16/7news-versus-mitch-morrissey-the-saga-continues/14659/)
http://blogs.denverpost.com/ostrow/files/2013/05/keli-and-morrissey_1368475937772_414402_ver1.0_320_240.jpg (http://blogs.denverpost.com/ostrow/files/2013/05/keli-and-morrissey_1368475937772_414402_ver1.0_320_240.jpg) Denver DA Mitch Morrissey and Keli Rabon of 7News
If you’ve been keeping score in the ongoing Denver TV news versus Denver DA war of words, you’ve seen a fascinating interplay of public officials and local TV journalists in action. It hasn’t been pretty, but it’s instructive for both sides. The TV journalist, Keli Rabon, has appeared professional and consistently probing, after seeking an interview with Denver DA Mitch Morrissey for five months. The elected official has come across as bullying and stonewalling, his office seeking to control the flow of information and accusing the station of being untrustworthy.
If you’ve been watching, you know that 7News reported (http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/call7-investigators/denvers-da-refuses-more-than-70-percent-of-sex-assault-cases-and-35-percent-of-felony-cases) that “Denver’s DA declines more than 70 percent of sex assault cases and 36 percent of felony cases.” The story was reprinted in the Denver Post.
7News then took the highly unusual step of posting the nine-plus-minute entirety of an interview (below) from Morrissey on its website. “I’m more than happy to talk to you off camera,” he says repeatedly. “You don’t tell the truth, lady. I have seen your editing*I know none of this will make your ambush*unfair attacks is what you’re about.”
The DA posted a lengthy rebuttal, “Setting the Record Straight.” (http://www.denverda.org/News_Release/Setting_the_Record_Straight.htm)
7News responded with a post noting “Denver DA posting has numerous errors.” (http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/call7-investigators/denver-da-posting-called-setting-the-record-straight-has-numerous-errors)
Seven out of 10 rapes in Denver aren’t prosecuted, 7News investigator Arthur Kane notes when they’re finally sitting down, talking. There they are, in semi-darkness on the DA’s video feed, obtained by 7News through the state’s open records laws. Morrissey says it’s about working with the evidence that the city has, and proceeding when there is “a reasonable likelihood of conviction.” He adds, “this is a moving target that you guys are throwing at me.”
By the way, asking questions is their job.
More... (http://blogs.denverpost.com/ostrow/2013/05/16/7news-versus-mitch-morrissey-the-saga-continues/14659/)