In the newspaper game, being a polarizing figure is about as good as it gets. Having people love you and love to hate you means that just about everyone is reading you. And at the end of the day, that is what drives newspaper subscriptions. Which is why I was sad to see columnist Tina Griego today join past lightning rods Penny Parker and Mike Littwin as the most recent Denver Post staff members to leave the paper.
So how long can the Denver Post survive while jettisoning its most interesting, engaging, loved and hated personalities? Unfortunately, it looks like we’re going to find out.

Yikes! Sad to see her go. What are they doing over there?
I am sad to see Tina go. Do journalists need to hire publicists?
Man the lifeboats! So sad to see Tina leave. Or in this case shoved off the Titanic. Tina wrote with a remarkable skill, with great compassion and painted wonderful pictures with her writing. Here’s to Tina finding another platform, likely digital to continue doing what she does best.