The Denver Post in an October 19 front-page Business section article reported U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard's (R-CO) recent participation in the promotion to students at Denver's West High School of a personal-finance education game provided by Visa and the National Football League. However, like at least three other Colorado media outlets, the Post omitted that Visa Inc.'s political action committee contributed money to Allard's last senatorial campaign in 2002.

From the October 19 Denver Post article “Money matters for youths,” by reporter Aldo Svaldi:

At West High School in Denver, about 40 students, several in Broncos jerseys, faced off in early October. Visa and the National Football League hosted a statewide launch for “Financial Football,” an interactive game designed to get kids interested in personal finance.

U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard coached the Chargers, while former Broncos linebacker Karl Mecklenburg got the Broncos.

Teams got to move down the field as they answered personal-finance questions. Unlike in some recent games at Invesco Field, the Broncos won this one, and students got more excited than they might have in a traditional lesson.

“The average American is struggling with these issues,” said Pat Sanchez, principal of West. “Key for us is finding a real-world application.”

As Colorado Media Matters noted on October 10, in 2002, Visa U.S.A. Inc. Political Action Committee contributed $1,000 to Allard's campaign, according to a Federal Election Commission filing.

Previous reporting by the Fort Collins Coloradoan and KCNC's CBS4 News at 5 a.m. on Allard's appearances at high schools in Denver and Fort Collins to help promote the game also omitted that Visa was one of his campaign contributors. The Greeley Tribune similarly omitted any mention of Visa's contribution to Allard's 2002 campaign in an October 9 article about his scheduled appearance at Fort Collins High School.