Is The Denver Post An Irresponsible Newspaper?

We subscribe to the Denver Post for Saturday and Sunday newspaper delivery, so we weren't surprised to not get a paper delivered this morning.

We were, however, quite astonished that when we went looking for a paper to buy, there were NONE to be had. Anywhere. Sold out before 8 a.m. this morning, at least, that's what EVERY retailer told us: Wal-Mart. Newspaper stands. Book stores. Supermarkets. Even a few local convenience stores. One grocery told me they had ordered 5 times more papers than usual and they were still sold out by 7:30 a.m. We searched bins outside of restaurants, strip malls, and everywhere we drove. All we found was yesterday's Wall Street Journal.

When we got home, I called the Denver Post Circulation Department. After being on hold for a while, I finally got a live voice. Here's what I learned: (1) they had already received a ton of calls about today's issue being sold out, (2) they only printed as usual, and (3) they had asked to do another printing but were told NOT to.

WHAT?

No matter who won last night's election, it was a momumental and historical event. The first woman vice president and possibly president OR the first black president. And for Denver, a huge city in a battleground state as well as the host of this year's Democratic Convention, the local newspapers should have arranged to have double or even triple the printing as usual.

Not providing enough newspapers for buyers is irresponsible. Isn't it?

The Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News need to tell us what the hairy-heck they were thinking! And maybe send us a copy of the newspaper that we'd like to keep for our schooling-at-home records.

Vikki
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