December 23, 2024

Keeping Media and Government Accountable.

Tag: Kansas City Star

McClatchy, Wishing For a “Purple” Kansas, Boosts Dem For Roberts Seat

McClatchy, the ailing mothership of the Wichita Eagle and the Kansas City Star, has designated its challenger for the seat…

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Shocker: McClatchy to Move Design, Copy Editing Jobs to Charlotte

Scrooge McClatchy came early this year to the newsrooms of the Wichita Eagle and the Kansas City Star. As reported…

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Despite Promises Not To, KC May Dun Taxpayers for KCI

In October 2017, when still helping sell the new single terminal at KCI, the Kansas City Star ran a story…

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Shawnee Dispatch Calls It A Day

“The Shawnee Dispatch is ceasing publication,” announced the staff on Wednesday, the final day of operation. “This edition will be…

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Oops! Two Airlines Tell KC They Can’t Afford New Terminal

The City of Kansas City, Missouri, sold its citizens on the idea of a brand new terminal with the oft-repeated…

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Shoot-Out At Overland Park’s Oak Park Mall: Updated

Update: The Kansas City Star, to its credit, has reported the race of the perpetrator: “Lacy said police were looking…

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Star Commenter Threatens to Shave Heads of Trump Supporters

To be clear right up front, the person threatening to shave heads of Trump supporters has nothing to do with…

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After Long Illness, the Heroic Sen. Kay O’Connor Dies

On Wednesday morning, October 10, former Kansas State Senator Kay O’Connor died after a long illness at the age of…

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Shocker: KNEA Withdraws Support of Deaf Candidate in Kansas House Race

One had to give credit where it is due: the KNEA, the Kansas branch of the National Educational Association, has…

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Whoa! Star Chides Davids For Last Minute Duck of JOCO Debate

The opening sentence of the Wednesday Kansas City Star article is pretty damning: “Democrat Sharice Davids has pulled out of…

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AP Slams Kelly for Claiming Kobach Called Schools “Overfunded”

When the Associated Press calls a claim in a Democratic ad false, as it did for a Laura Kelly ad…

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Why is Sharice Davids Ducking Debate With Congressman Yoder?

Veteran KMBC TV political reporter Michael Mahoney spelled out the problem in a September 21 tweet: “KCK Chamber says ‘every…

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Star Promotes Protestor Sabotage of Trump Topeka Event

Protestors plan to sabotage the appearance of President Donald Trump in Topeka next weekend, and the Kansas City Star does…

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Kansas Journalists Ask: Are We the “Enemy of the People”?

“I’m not going to be bullied and backed down just because the president of the United States thinks I’m an…

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Star Slights Trump Stump Speech For Hawley in Springfield

There are more than 20 news stories on the Kansas City Star’s Saturday home page, but none of them involves…

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27 Months for “Rising Star in Democratic Party”

Last January, the Sentinel congratulated the Kansas City Star for pointing out in the very first sentence of its article on the…

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Police Search for “Light-Skinned Male” in Deadly KC Crash

The desperate effort by the media–and possibly by the Kansas City Police Department–to avoid the subject of race in reporting…

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Feds Say No Leniency for Former Missouri Dem Chairman

Former Jackson County prosecutor, county executive and Missouri Democratic Party chairman Mike Sanders is about to take a trip he would…

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Sold Crack Out of KC Day Care Center, Now Muslim Martyr in Headscarf Case

More than 6,000 Christians in Nigeria, mostly women and children, have been slaughtered by Fulani Muslims since January, but from…

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Real Star Headline: “Rockhurst High used paddling for discipline”

If any more proof were needed of the Kansas City Star’s flaming anti-Catholic prejudice, reporters Katy Bergen and Mara Rose…

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Where’s the KNEA? Still Another School Teacher Busted For Sex With Kids

While the Kansas City Star is running breathless front pages exposés on a priest who left the area 42 years…

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Kudos to Star for Reporting ISIS-Inspired Terror Plot

Credit where it’s due: the Kansas City Star picked up an Associated Press article on an ISIS-inspired terror plot that…

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Public School Supers Relax, Star Hot on Trail of Priest Who Left KC 42 Years Ago

North Kansas City School Superintendent Dan Clemens must say a prayer every morning–not on the school grounds, of course–that the…

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Heartless McClatchy To Cut 140 Staffers

Putting profits over people–or at least putting smaller losses over people–The McClatchy Company announced on Tuesday that it will cut…

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