July 16, 2024

Keeping Media and Government Accountable.

Tag: Media Bias

Researchers Brutally Smack Down Laura Kelly’s Favored KU Welfare Report

The Wichita Eagle headline sounds awful: “Kansas child welfare agency trying to undercut research cited by incoming governor.” This is…

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First Time Ever, Dorothy, A Year With No Violent Tornadoes in US

“We’re now days away from this becoming the first year in the modern record with no violent tornadoes touching down…

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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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Kansas Tax Hikers Take Note, France #1 in Taxes.

A day after the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, backed down from introducing a climate change-inspired fuel tax increase, the Organization…

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Kansas to Pay “Controversial” Outfit $270,000 to Recruit 3 Teachers

In 2015, the Washington Post published an entire chapter from a book called “Good Intentions Gone Bad” about the “controversial”…

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Who Knew? Conservatives Gained Strength in Kansas, Elect Majority Leader

For all the self-congratulatory bluster coming out of the media this past month, who would have known that conservatives actually…

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Whoa! Missouri Teacher Busted on Sex Charges Rehired by Neighboring District

The arrest of a male Missouri teacher may force open the doors on a scandalous practice that has much too…

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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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How Google Juggles the News

One way to find out what is happening in Kansas or Missouri is to first open Google News. Google News…

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15 Months Into Campus Carry, KU Reports First Teeny Violation

Some 15 months into the University of Kansas’s “controversial” campus carry law, the Lawrence Journal-World inquired to see how many…

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Conceal carry

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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Pat Roberts Demands Claire McCaskill Pull His Quote From Her Ad

“If you want to pick somebody to work in a bipartisan manner and get something done … you ask Claire…

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Female Kansas Mod Laments Left’s “Ugly Campaign”

In a Pitch article that gets almost everything wrong, former Kansas City Starreporter Barbara Shelly allows moderate Republican Representative Melissa…

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“Gosnell,” The Movie, Opens in Area Theaters Today

Writing in National Review, Michelle Malkin calls Gosnell: The Trial of America’s Biggest Serial Killer “The Most Important Movie You’ve Never Heard Of.”…

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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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Has the Olathe District or KNEA Warned Students About Gay Sex Apps?

On Tuesday, Fox4KC reported the salacious details involving Justin Adrian, until last month an Olathe East High School teacher and…

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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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Wow! Hawley Asks McCaskill to Jim Him In Call For Special Counsel

Early Monday morning, the Sentinel opined, “Josh Hawley and his strategists should read [the Mitchell report] carefully. They should then…

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Olathe Teacher Arrested For Sex With Student, Star Conceals Orientation

In the first sentence of its article on the arrest last year of Olathe South High School Teacher Michael Jasiczek for…

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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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