Tag: Media Bias
Washington Examiner Sings Praises of Brownback, Kansas
In a rare break from the ritualistic pounding Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has grown used to, the Washington Examiner has…
Kobach Calls Reports of Mass Boycott of Voter Fraud Probe “Fake News”
On July 5, the White House Office of the Press Secretary issued a press release on the subject of voter…
Star: “Gender-Inclusive Housing” Expands at UMKC, KU–Whatever That Means
In an age of shifting definitions readers find themselves puzzling over the meaning of headlines like this one from the…
Cop Killer From KC “Asked Allah For Forgiveness”
A year ago this July Kansas City man Gavin Long drove to Baton Rouge and ambushed a group of police…
First World News: KC Woman Without Hot Water for Two Weeks
Last week a Kansas City woman found a cricket in her Chinese take-out, and this week a woman has had…
Star Fails to Find People Who Oppose Tax Increase
Somehow, a reporter for the Kansas City Star toured Kansas and could barely find a single person opposed to a…
Kansas City Neighborhood Makes America’s “5 Most Dangerous” List
Although Kansas City did not gain the top spot, it did earn an impressive fourth place in a feature titled,…
Feds Bust 35 Missouri Convenience Store Owners for Cigarette Smuggling
With the lowest cigarette tax on the nation, Missouri has become something of a Mecca for cigarette smugglers, all puns…
Breaking: Fifth South KC Walking Trail Homicide Victim Also White
Credit goes to the Hays Post for answering the obvious question that Kansas City media were reluctant to ask: what…
House Dems Help Nix New Kansas Tax
By a 68-53 vote the Kansas House rejected a plan to increase taxes, and the Democrats made it all possible. …
Homicide Cop: Steer Clear of Indian Creek “Until Police Have Made an Arrest”
The murder of four middle-aged white men along Kansas City’s Indian Creek Trail System has gotten the attention of the…
City Resists Homicide Trend, Second South KC Dog Walker Murdered
Police are investigating the death of popular sports bar owner Mike Darby as a homicide. Darby had been walking his dogs…
The Group That Calls Itself ‘Citizens For Responsible Government’ Challenges Downtown Hotel
On Friday, the Sentinel exposed how the Kansas City Star prefaces all articles about the watchdog group, Citizens for Responsible…
Media Cites Medicaid Expansion Ignoring Other Factors in Hospital Closings
Kansas editorial writers rarely consider that market forces and even government itself may have a bigger hand in painting a dire outlook for…
Prosecutors Charge North KC Teacher With Sodomy
Jackson County prosecutors charged James Green Jr., 52, currently a teacher and coach at Northgate Middle School in the North Kansas…
MU’s Michael Sam Blames the Media for Failed NFL Career
When University of Missouri defensive Michael Sam announced he was gay in February 2014, he expected the hubbub to last…
Former Star Sportswriter Jason Whitlock Slams “Far-Left Political Ideologues”
Love him or hate him, no one ever accused former ESPN pundit and Kansas City Star sportswriter Jason Whitlock of…
Star on Susan Rice Scandal: “Trump Steps Up Effort to Dispute and Distract on Russia”
If the reader needed just one headline to document the Kansas City Star’s unrelenting bias it would be the one…
California AG Charges KFL Speaker with 15 Felonies
In California, as David Daleiden has learned, it is perfectly acceptable to kill healthy unborn babies, dismember them, and traffic…
Family of Slain Vietnam Vet Ups Reward for Info
On February 27, Vietnam veteran David Lenox took his dog Snickers for a walk outside the Willow Creek Apartments…
The Northland News Publisher Andrew Palmer Answers The Sentinel’s 20 Question
A 2007 graduate of UMKC and a former school teacher, Andrew Palmer has shown that you do not need to…
Star Headline on Trump Budget Proposal Flirts with Parody
The joke goes that if an asteroid were hurtling towards earth, the New York Times would headline its account of…
Anyone Want to Buy This Building? It’s For Sale!
According to Loopnet and with a hat tip to Tony, there is some significant commercial property for sale Downtown, specifically “a portfolio…
Solyndra East? KC Solar Company in Near Total Eclipse
The future looked spectacularly sunny less than two years ago when California-based solar energy company Sungevity opened its Downtown Kansas…