It's good to see that a lot of other people in Kansas City find this week's zip code Focused murder series from The Star a tad overwrought and mostly useless.
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Tony Botello calling something useless?
ReplyDeleteLet's refer to
The Tony Botello School of Journalism
Linking to other sources = reporting
"Sources tell me" = I made stuff up
"I don't claim to know the details" = I am lazy
"I called McClatchy" = I made stuff up
"Mary Sanchez is..." = I wish I could have ten percent of the class of Mary Sanchez
"AWESOME TKC TIPSTERS" = a black hole of made-up stupidity that sucks all the stupid in
"Here's what I've heard" = I made stuff up
"Sushi...is kind of like a signal to brown people that their business isn't wanted." = I am either brain-damaged or retarded, your choice
"According to close watchers" = I made stuff up
ALL CAPS IN RED = phony hyperbole
NO HOMO = I pitch and catch
"Mike Hendricks is..." = I wish I had some money too
"Parties close to the case..." = no one would talk to me even if I had tried, which I didn't
"I'm not going to quote anybody on this one but people familiar with..." = I made stuff up
"The Star is dying" - I am still bitter over being rejected as an intern in '04
"Word is that..." = yup - I made stuff up
Sorry Dos Mundos got hacked. Probably your fanboys.
The Pitch had it right.
http://www.pitch.com/2007-01-18/news/the-truth-about-tony/
Take nother look at the article, and juxtapose it with the Star Magazine section on the pictures drawn by kids. Tells us what Kansas City is really like, particularly for kids.
ReplyDeleteRemember the the Funky dump across from Graceland Elem. Graceland is the school that all of the kids from the highest concentration area attend.
It is a throw away area. NOBODY cares including Funky and Terry Riley.