TKC EXCLUSIVE!!! KANSAS CITY STAR COLUMNIST WON'T COME OUT AND PLAY!!! MIKE HENDRICKS HIDES HIS BLOG!!!



The Internet isn't a nice place. In fact, when it comes to Kansas City politics the Internet and local blogs are on the cutting edge of capturing the amazing vitriol, angst and hate that lies right beneath of surface of the most divided city in the Midwest. People who participate in local politics for any amount of time are hardened to the nasty facts of life of the political scene and even revel in the excitement of one series of ad hominem attacks after the next. Only the incompetent, inexperienced and naive complain about the vicious nature of it all.

After all, the price of leadership in any significant endeavor is enduring the absolutely cruel and vicious attacks coming from the anonymous mob . . . And then asking for more. Understanding all of this it's quite disappointing to see that the solo bloggy effort of a Kansas City Star columnist didn't last long on the Internets.

To wit . . .

A KICKASS TKC TIPSTER NOTES THAT KANSAS CITY STAR COLUMNIST MIKE HENDRICKS RECENTLY TOOK HIS BLOG PRIVATE LIKE A COWARD!!!



This is important because it sort of reflects on the overall failure of most Star offerings on the Internet. That 30 million pageview lie is growing tiresome for people who actually know a thing about web rankings -- It also ignores the fact that one-man news operations like Perez Hilton and Drudge garner far better numbers without all of the elitism and employing hundreds of reporters. Also, with only a couple of notable exceptions their blog efforts have been nothing short of mediocre.

Now, it has been demonstrated that one of their columnists currently employed at the so-called "paper-of-record" can't handle working in the wild of the blogosphere.

Newsies like to pretend that running a popular blog is something that anybody can do but we see that a guy who makes nationwide news with a dumbass column lamenting the death of an abortionist couldn't even attract a small crowd on the Internets without the Star brand backing him. Blogging is a bit of a meritocracy and online offerings are (mostly) just as popular as they deserve to be . . . That's why a captivating Star columnist with great subject matter like Joe Posnanski runs an incredibly popular independent blog and Mike Hendricks has to hide his shameful web failure.

Kansas City politics is cruel and the Internet is not exempt from the merciless behavior of this cowtown. The locals will tear apart any idea they don't like with a smile . . . Or even worse, leave it to wither away in the cold.

Sad that I'm already saying goodbye to the web presence of KC Star Columnist Mike Hendricks so soon after I was able to offer him a nice welcoming gesture. Here's hoping that Hendricks finds another way to leverage his tentative relationship with corporate media before it's too late.

Comments

  1. Did he kill your puppy or something. Take it easy greasy.

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  2. "Hundreds of reporters?" Not even when it was fat-staffed, dickhead. I see you know as much about the internals of news operations as you do about everything else you blast out of your ass into this space . . .

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  3. I'm afraid I have to agree with 10:46 Tony.

    You may be one of the bigger Animals on this little Farm, but keep in mind most of the world flies over us at 30,000 feet and they're not even looking down through the clouds. They're eating their chocolate chip cookie and listening to their ipods and just starting their descent to O'Hare.

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  4. What a pussy.

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  5. The next biggest thing6/18/09, 12:07 AM

    Why do I read this POS? I guess I get high looking at this trainwreck.

    While I hate Hendricks and his crappy opinions I have to salute him for going private. Just because he started as a paid asshole he shouldn't be torn apart for going private, and getting away from the pricks like me.

    Suck it Tony. Maybe he has found a weird revenue stream you haven't. You're just jealous eh?

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  6. Maybe he has found a weird revenue stream you haven't.

    I call bullshit.

    Bloggers don't make money. Never have never will.

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  7. Hahahahahahaha..............faggot couldn't take the heat!!! Good riddance you bitch!

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  8. yeah the internet isn't a nice place because of dicks like tony

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