Parents Beware

Jamie White is bringing her naughty talk to a station known for playing kiddie pop.

A A A Comments By Michael Roberts Thursday, May 24 2001

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Temple of doom: Much to my chagrin, John Temple, editor of the Rocky Mountain News, doesn't seem to like me. I've tried to change his mind; God knows I have. I've phoned. I've e-mailed. I've called him on Peter Boyles's radio show, and afterward clutched each nasty thing he said about me to my heart like a treasured keepsake. In short, I've done everything except send a singing telegram, but Temple still won't respond to legitimate journalistic questions or otherwise acknowledge my existence. At least not in the usual way.

A few weeks back, I received an e-mail from Aaron Harber, host of the Channel 12 talk show Spontaneous Combustion, inviting me to participate in a show devoted to discussing the state of Denver's dailies in the wake of the joint operating agreement. I agreed, and shortly thereafter he informed me that Temple had confirmed as well. I was thrilled, thinking that Big John had finally realized I wasn't the Antichrist. But Harber soon disabused me of this notion: Temple, he said, didn't know that I'd be there.

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In most cases, this wouldn't have mattered, but since a couple of Rocky wits had already given me the nickname "Stalker" for phoning their boss during the Boyles broadcast, I didn't want Temple to think I was sandbagging him again. So I asked Harber to run my name past the Exalted One, hoping against hope that this brawling, gutsy, take-no-prisoners newsman would at last allow me into his virtuous presence. But (sob!) it wasn't meant to be. A couple of days later, Harber informed me that Temple said if I was on the program, he wouldn't be.

What have I done to offend you, John? And what can I do to make you feel better? Can't we all just get along?