Pitch Layoffs could be Karma as Kansas City's least creative hipster hack Justin Kendall carries out his silly vendetta!!!

I'm not happy to see anybody lose their job . . . Except for the people at The Pitch!!!

Local Twitter users broke the story of Pitch layoffs and Kansas City Big Media still hasn't followed up.

So far all I'm hearing is rumors . . .

THEY say that Jen Chen is gone.

Somebody also told me that Ferruzza was forced to say farewell.

And some lady named Lorna Perry might have been let go.

I'm guessing that hack Justin Kendall made the cut but it wasn't because of any talent.

For months upon end the guy has been throwing hate in the direction of Alonzo Washington in one of the most clear cut cases of bias that so-called journalists always deny. Kendall has sunk to new depths with his latest snarky screed that basically reports something that doesn't exist. The Pitch prides itself on some kind of "investigative" acumen but this year the only stir they have created has been a very clever photoshop image and their usual hate directed at people with whom they disagree. Put simply, The Pitch is nothing more than a glorified blog guilty of wasting a lot of paper.

In his recent (s)plog post Kendall throws slurs at Alonzo Washington as if the guy deserved to be attacked for his stance and work against metro crime. He accuses Washington of operating "with a twist of homophobia, attention whoring and race baiting" and of course he's entitled to his childish and reactionary opinion but Kendall's arguements on the subject of race are disingenuous considering that the staff of The Pitch is one of the least diverse of any news organization in Kansas City.

With his attacks, Kendall opens himself up to a lot of questions about his actions, words and deeds as a so-called journalist.

HOW MANY HOMICIDES HAS JUSTIN KENDALL HELPED TO SOLVE?

HOW MANY MISSING PEOPLE HAS JUSTIN KENDALL HELPED TO FIND?

DOES JUSTIN KENDALL SPEND TIME HELPING TO PREVENT VIOLENCE IN KANSAS CITY'S BLACK COMMUNITY?

The answers are pretty obvious when it comes to a hack "reporter" like Kendall operating on a pointless and hate filled agenda and a local rag that has devolved into nothing more than vehicle for escort ads and bar listings. Kendall's record on fighting crime or helping anybody but his bar buddies is zilch in much the same way that it's mostly anonny commenters who claim to have a problem with Washington's work . . . This isn't that much of a coincidence since Kendall has a rep for trolling the Internets for story ideas (and only God knows what else) like nearly every other newsie in town.

From what I hear, The Pitch lost some pretty talented people and a few of the best freelancers in Kansas City . . . Sadly, a slimy scumbag like Kendall remains at a publication dedicated to serving nothing more than their niche market . . . Honestly, with Kendall as part of their crew, I can't see the Pitch's value over Ink any more . . . Hipster Hack Kendall can do his best to swagger jack the ethos of the Internets but in the end blogs and everything else on the Internets get only the attention they deserve . . . That's why Justin Kendall is a fancy boy struggling in a dying medium in small market while Alonzo Washington is a nationally recognized anti-crime leader embarking on a City-wide campaign to combat violence and seek crime tips.

The sarcasm and second-rate writing at The Pitch seems to have backfired as advertisers are leaving because dead tree ads don't work. Now all that remains is a bitter fancy boy like Kendall and his cheap shots at someone with a solid record of helping to make Kansas City a safer place.

Criticism of any public figure is valid and should be welcomed, even vicious mocking is to be expected . . . But these actions from a "reporter" come at the cost of print media's so-called objectivity . . . The editorial vendetta against Washington at The Pitch is not only apparent but also unwise. At a time when readership and ad rates are declining The Pitch should seek to expand their audience beyond the narrow-minded hipster community . . . Instead, Kendall's bias, pettiness and vindictive "reporting" make it clear that any disagreements from a member of the minority community will be cause for a smear campaign as the lily white publication makes even more bad decisions in what might one day be known as the last days of dead tree media.