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NY Times pisses off KC vegans and vegetarians with lame BBQ stereotypes

Posted on Jan 14, 2012 by BlogKC

A. G. Sulzberger, son of New York Times Publisher Arthur Sulzberger, is doing some time in the provinces, working at the Times’ Midwest bureau here in Kansas City.  Since before moving here he’s been freaked out about being vegetarian in … Continue reading →

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Nonsense in the ‘Burbs puts KC in the national headlines

Posted on Jun 2, 2011 by BlogKC

Look down there at the bottom of the MSNBC home page.  Those last two headlines garnered national attention today for two of our beige neighbors. In Independence, a lawn ornament is shot dead by cops when it’s mistaken for a … Continue reading →

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KSHB E-Tax Journalism FAIL

Posted on Apr 5, 2011 by BlogKC

This is the current KCMO Election Board home page, an attempt to correct some very bad journalism over at KSHB-TV 41. The TV station has corrected the election story on their web site, but without any indication that there was … Continue reading →

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KC Star finally, finally revamps web site

Posted on Nov 17, 2010 by BlogKC

Today the KC Star finally unveiled a much-needed facelift for the home page of its web site! The old Knight-Ridder template had become an incredibly unusable hot mess with new features and ads bolted on willy-nilly over the years.  The … Continue reading →

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African-Americans and Downtowners prevail in City Council Redistricting

Posted on Oct 8, 2010 by BlogKC

Yesterday the City Council approved a redistricting map that: preserves the 3rd and 5th Districts with 60% black populations, moves all of Downtown into the 4th District, splits Waldo between two districts, and splits Latino communities and Old Northeast neighborhoods … Continue reading →

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Journalism FAIL

Posted on Jul 18, 2010 by BlogKC

KMBC-TV 9′s Lara Moritz just referred to last week’s NAACP convention “in St. Louis” – even though it happened right here in Kansas City.  Maybe Lara should be forgiven since her station recently moved from a building mere feet from … Continue reading →

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Flooding coverage

Posted on Jun 16, 2010 by BlogKC

KC Free Press has a recap of recent flash floods with a little bigger perspective than most of the local media. It notes new challenges in notifying the public weather emergencies when the few people left in front of TVs … Continue reading →

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