Joey Bunch at Colorado Politics writes that he is losing his hair. We are desperately worried about him, because the headline suggested this had something to do with journalistic integrity, of which Joey has plenty.
Insights: Colorado Politics’ success depends on your view of our integrity
I need to be straight with you about something. Are you sitting down? I can wait. I’m losing my hair. It’s the thing I’m the most insecure about, at least right now. Going bald is not the worst thing that ever happened to me, but it’s something I wish hipsters younger than me wouldn’t think about when …
Slam! Paywall.
We suspect this was just a metaphor to talk abut the new collaborative effort between Colorado Politics and The Colorado Statesman, but alas, we will never know.
Because paywall.
We’ve tried to check out several other stories this week, only to get that annoying Statesman page to subscribe.
We’re short on bucks, so if someone could please check on Joey, rub his head to make sure he’s okay, we’d appreciate it.
Also, we’d like to remind PeakNation™ that we are still free to read.
And, we’re having a fantastic hair day.
Thanks, guys. My hair and my integrity are flattered you noticed. Apologies for the pay wall. We couldn’t start doing the technical stuff to marry the websites until after the merger went through Wednesday evening, and there were all kinds of unforeseeable glitches that I’m embarrassed about, and some we’re still working on. I took my column out from behind the pay wall on Monday, and your blog is from Tuesday, so I’m not why you encountered the problem then. Very few things will remain behind the pay wall, mostly our magazine cover stories and sidebars, some functionality and some other special features. Subscribers deserve something. The weekly print edition alone is worth a measly 10 bucks a month, if you’re serious about Colorado politics. Again, very sorry for your bad experience. We’ll be rolling out a redesign on the website that we’ve been working on for awhile in a few weeks, which we’re very excited about. Please check it out. In other news, I think we need to see a picture of your writers, to judge the quality of their hair for ourselves. Anybody can say they have good hair. Saying it is one thing, proving it is another.