{"id":2452674,"date":"2019-12-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-28T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=318362"},"modified":"2019-12-30T09:44:57","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T16:44:57","slug":"mob-rule-by-the-aspen-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/mob-rule-by-the-aspen-times\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Mob rule\u2019 by The Aspen Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/02\/facebook-thumbnail-1200.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Your decision to terminate Glenn Beaton\u2019s column reeks of mob rule. It\u2019s an affront to any notion of balanced journalism expressed by opinion writers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Beaton\u2019s positions are predictably on the political right yet always reasoned and well-articulated. The fact that they provoke many of your readers adds texture and diversity of views to the political debate. Your readers have the option of not reading the column yet apparently it\u2019s very existence is an affront to their political sensitivities. The term \u201cfascism\u201d comes to mind.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">This is a sad day for small town newspapers and The Aspen Times in particular.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Letter Name\">Michael Stolper<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Letter Title\">Aspen<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/opinion\/letters-to-the-editor\/mob-rule-by-the-aspen-times\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your decision to terminate Glenn Beaton\u2019s column reeks of mob rule. It\u2019s an affront to any notion of balanced journalism expressed by opinion writers. Beaton\u2019s positions are predictably on the political right yet always reasoned and well-articulated. The fact that they provoke many of your readers adds texture and diversity of views to the political [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2452674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-18 23:53:40","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2452674"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2452731,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452674\/revisions\/2452731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2452674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2452674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2452674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}