A local paper that is supposed to serve all of Boulder county but really just serves the City of Boulder. The Camera is now in serious financial decline from years of serving the status quo and alienating readers rather than doing objective informational reporting. I began to loose respect for this paper when they came out with obnoxiously long editorials endorsing people like Richard Polk and then gently trying to justify themselves after he was arrested for drunk driving and drugs. The Camera is never critical of the City Council and you'll choke on the paper's lack of objectivity and political correctness. (And I use the term "arrested" loosely here. Richard Polk was ticketed and then taxied home by the Boulder Police.)
The worst thing about the Camera is that it constantly runs down Longmont and allows it's readers to do so as well. What happened to "proudly serving Boulder County"? The reporters at the Camera are so stuck up that they think the City of Boulder IS Boulder County. The Camera runs down Longmont in so many subtle and overt ways-from only running articles about crime in Longmont, to encouraging abuse of the city by the posters on the web site, to misleading headlines, and never writing a single positive article about Longmont or it's citizens.Oddly enough, they never turn that same critical eye on the City of Boulder. And when crime in Longmont does happen, they devote days of articles to those crimes. When the same exact crime happens in Boulder, it gets a small mention and no follow-up. Look through Camera headlines for Longmont for the past several months-you'll be hard pressed to find a single one that is positive. And while you're there-check out the comments under those articles. It's entertaining, but a true indication of how nasty citizens of Boulder can be.
And then there are the posters on the Daily Camera website-every single time there is an article about Longmont, Daily Camera readers comment over and over and over again about the hicks in Longmont, about "good old methmont", etc. The Camera refuses to censor these comments. But when someone bashes Boulder? The Camera kicks them off. Worse, I've seen Camera editors devote entire editorials to demanding apologies from Boulder bashers. But Longmont bashing is an acceptable Camera activity.
I used to think I'd be upset when we didn't have a local paper, but the Camera is going bankrupt because of poor service-NOT the economy. Huge informational errors, biased reporting, Longmont bashing, militant defense of the status quo...who needs it?
The one exception to this is Ryan Morgan. He seems to accurately report on the City Council. But John Aguilar and all the kooky editors and columnists? Terrible.
And in case you think I exagerrate:
"Posted by KR on May 1, 2009 at 7:19 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Ah, Longmont ... what's left to say? Least it's not Meth this time."
Posted by Gad_Deelzhah on April 28, 2009 at 11:35 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Longmont, the city that keeps on giving. What the hell is wrong with that place?
Posted by BoulderConfidential on May 1, 2009 at 5:05 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Remember in the 80s when cocaine was an Elitist thing? All bad roads lead to Longmont Colorado.
Posted by manbearpig on May 1, 2009 at 7:05 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Okay then:
These things happen in Bongmont.
Posted by The1 on April 23, 2009 at 9:42 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Crip's and Bloods are in Longmont! watch out they have their underground operation and cell phones that that call each other on to keep tabs on hate the propagate.
Posted by I_Drink_Your_Milkshake on April 21, 2009 at 10:03 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Aurora, Longmont and C Springs should have a royal rumble to decide once and for all which town is the most ghetto.
Posted by sawyer on April 21, 2009 at 10:21 a.m. (Suggest removal)
These things happen in Longtucky !
Posted by sidd on April 17, 2009 at 9:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Life and times in Longmont.
Anymore I see Longmont in the news title and I am scared to open the article."
Posted by sidd on April 17, 2009 at 1:09 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Yeah what get sport maybe the Longmont police department can give her a trophy.
Then maybe her daughter can grow up and use her daughter to go fishing for pedophiles generations of family fun in good ol Longmont.
Yeah I was wrong nothing at all wrong with Longmont, actually they have some of the best meth on the Front Range.
Here's the best by far:
Posted by squompois on April 18, 2009 at 1:48 a.m. (Suggest removal)
All this talk defending Longmont and its decidedly low brow residents is disengenious at best. It's soooo obvious the trailer trash team has an inferiority complex. I think its time you people admit your station in life and get back to your daily grinds carving out whatever kind of life one can take from living in such a town as Longmont. "But, but but it's in Boulder County!" You people are really dishonoring yourselve read more