The Downfall of Journalism, Advertorials And The Kansas City Free Press Operation

Last week a great many of you d-bags doubted me when I offered evidence of a connection between hipster website The Kansas City Free Press and a local advertising agency.

Unfortunately, most of you bags didn't even do a Google Search before attempting to stand up for some all-white web page that seems to be dedicated to substituting advertisements for news. Remember, I provided Whois Data for KCFP dude Jeff Henry and so many anony Internet nitwits said it was just a coincidence . . . But in an effort to stand up for middle-class white people you bags didn't even check the dude's online profile on the site in question.

"Jeff Henry moved to Kansas City in 1995 to finish his English degree, and study art and design, at Avila college. While attending Avila he worked at The Pitch, where he first became interested in the weekly alternative news format. In 1999 Henry founded BIGSHOT™ Interactive, which has grown from a one-man design shop in the back of a West Plaza rental to a full-service digital agency situated in the heart of Kansas City's Rivermarket. Ten years later, with the marketing and technology support of BIGSHOT™, he found himself in perfect position to get back to the alternative news format and launched KCFreePress.com — an online only, hyper-local news portal — with Executive Editor Jay Senter and Editor-in-Chief Lucas Wetzel. Henry lives in Brookside with his wife, Paula, his son, Hubert, their dog, Stella, and their cat, Peaches."

So there it is . . .

IN MY OPINION, KANSAS CITY FREE PRESS IS NOTHING MORE THAN AN ADVERTISING AGENCY IN DISGUISE!!!

Are they hurting anybody? Nope. Lame advertorial-like content has been around for years.

Are they breaking the law? Not at all. Here's a hint: The FTC has no idea what rules they will settle on when it comes to blogger sponsorship schemes.

I'm simply the messenger of a fact that wasn't very highly publicized by Kansas City Free Press fanboys . . . The online "experiment" is yet another ad scheme in my opinion and if the connections to ad companies are going to be noted in the correct context.

Now, I realize the fact that it took some serious Latino/Westside investigative reporting to uncover this bit of corporate subterfuge might but unsettling to some . . . But it represents the real freedom of the Internet.

While my opinions and photos of hotass bikini models chase away advertisers and sponsors . . . More enterprising party-goers are looking toward merging entertainment news and advertising. It's a viable profit model and I don't really have a really have problem with it . . . It's just a shame that so many people ignore the inevitable combination of editorial content and advertising in the midst of the decline of dead tree media.