Should elected officials talk to all journalists, progressive, conservative, or rabid?

by: Jason Salzman

Tue Mar 20, 2012 at 08:29:57 AM MST

I was jealous because Gessler's office won't talk to me, and it's possible that even my audience of three people is bigger than KLZ's.

But it made me feel a little bit better when I found out that Gessler's also boycotting the Colorado Independent and AM760's David Sirota show, as I'll explain below.

Still, it raises the question of whether it matters much that a conservative elected official, not just Gessler but any of them, boycotts progressive media outlets. Or whether a progressive office holder should feel obligated to talk to conservative media types.