Ah, just kidding. We know it’s actually an energy story. But can you picture the look on Steve’s face when his editor approached him? Editor: “Steve, have I got a story for you! Cutting-edge energy technology!” Steve: “Oh? Wind farms? Natural gas?” Editor: “No, manure! Energy from manure!” Steve: “…”
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Star Gives Steve Everly Coveted Cow Manure Beat
Posted in Animals, Local Journalism, tagged Alternative Energy, Biff Tannen, Manure on December 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In Which Rod Jetton Decides To End His Career
Posted in Controversy, Drama, Local Journalism, Politics, Romance, tagged Assault, Blowups, Green Balloons, Rod Jetton, Sex Games Gone Awry on December 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Oh, Rod. What could you possibly have been thinking? There you were, the ex-speaker and cherubic, baby-faced darling of the Missouri right wing. You had money. Clout. The ears of influential people. And you threw it all away for some ill-advised S&M action. Tut, tut.
Star Not-So-Subtly Mocks Area Nerds
Posted in Local Journalism, Star, Technology, tagged Facebook, Journalism-as-mockery, Spammers on December 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From today’s Star: John VanPelt would seem to be the ideal Facebooker. He never rejects a friend request. He posts pithy comments on friends’ walls — constantly. Little did John Van Pelt know that Meredith Rodriguez would turn these words into the lead for a story that would make the whole city smirk.
Mike Thompson Will Strike Down Upon Fake Global Warming Science With Great Vengeance And Furious Anger
Posted in Local Journalism, Politics, Weather, tagged Chris Stigall, global warming, Mike Thompson on December 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Even though other outlets have already covered this pretty well, I thought perhaps the latest Mike Thompson controversy merited a mention around these parts. The Fox 4 weather overlord — you know, he of the “wanna buy this ‘88 Buick?” smile — was on the radio yesterday, discussing global warming with professional instigator and local [...]
Everything That’s Wrong With The Star, Nicely Encapsulated In One Photo-Dominated, Virtually Textless A&E Section
Posted in Art, Film, Local Journalism, Star, tagged KC Star, Nicolai Ouroussoff, Robert Butler, Viggo Mortensen on November 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Newspaper readership has not been the most expansive area of American culture of late, even if recent reports provide some encouraging news. And why is it plummeting? Because papers like the Star make the inexplicable decision to publish a poster-sized photo of Viggo Mortensen while giving you just 409 words of article text on the [...]
Sarah Palin Finally Receives Much-Needed Comeuppance From Sage Voices Of Ink’s ‘Frink’ Panel
Posted in Ink, Literature, Local Journalism, Local blogs, Politics, tagged Frink Panel, Sarah Palin, Think Tanks on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sure, everyone’s making fun of and pillorying Sarah Palin and her recent bildungsroman. But she deflects all the criticisms of the media elite, remember? Bad news for her, then: the everyday voice of young, hip Kansas City is taking her down. So long, 2012.
Your KC Buzzword Of The Day Is ‘Bully,’ And Whitlock Doth Protest Too Much
Posted in Controversy, Jason Whitlock, Local Journalism, Sports, tagged Jason Whitlock, KC Media. Hypocrisy, KU Football, Mark Mangino on November 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
And not in the cool British way, either That’s right: the word sweeping the halls of the local media, creating a feeding frenzy of indignant denunciations, is none other than “bully” — as in “Man, I knew Mangino was a bully! I, uh, just never said anything before!”
Kent Babb Might Be Hiding In Bushes Outside LJ’s House
Posted in Chiefs, Local Journalism, Scary stuff, Star, Technology, tagged Kent Babb, larry johnson, Twitter on November 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Courtesy of Justin over at the Pitch and Kent Babb’s own Twitter feed (reminder: you can follow us) comes a very odd story indeed. You’re probably wondering yourself where Larry Johnson will end up, but mostly in the “oh, that’s interesting” kind of way. Not so for the Star’s Kent Babb, who is, shall we [...]
McClanahan Joins Chorus Of Jingoism Emanating From Star
Posted in Local Journalism, Local blogs, Politics, Star, Star Comments, tagged E. Thomas McClanahan, Jingoism, Midwest Voices, Star Blogs, War Cheerleaders on December 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We all knew that the Star’s editorial overlords would take on the subject of Obama’s speech last night. What no one realized is that the paper’s Midwest Voices blog had become the repository of the kind of faux-patriotic rah-rah’ing that got us into this mess to begin with. It was just yesterday that Tom Ryan [...]
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