Take a look at this artfully written tribute to departing newspaper writers. There are a lot of former newsies blabbing online but Jimmy C still offers quality reporting along with an informed perspective worthy of consideration. Meanwhile, TKC is still offering that discount on blogging lessons for all former newspaper people who are interested. Take a look: A fond and wistful farewell to 10 KC Star editorial employees
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That's great writing from JimmyC!
ReplyDeleteAs one who has been critical of the KC Star for the last several years, I'll just reiterate that the bulk of my comments have been directed toward the Editorial Board and corporate parent, and not the cadre of Star staff which have performed admirably over the years.
The Editorial Board has greatly contributed to the paper's demise by relentlessly voicing a hyper-partisan Liberal Democrat slant to their musings. If you accept that the KC metro area is approximately split between the two major political parties, yet the Star nearly exclusively represented the Democrats side, did they not anticipate angering and exhausting 50 percent of their potential subscriber base? It's like the man who shot himself in the foot, wouldn't take responsibility, blamed the gun manufacturer, and then preceded to shoot himself in the other foot as well! Everyone knows he's a careless fool....except himself.
Why should the Star be obligated to reflect anybody's views at all, other than their own? It's the editorial page. It's where they express their opinion. Opinion-wise, it's always been a liberal and progressive paper. Again: So what? That's their opinion. You can start your own newspaper and peddle YOUR opinion too. Have at it.
ReplyDeletepowerful words. a real great description of what's going on down there.
ReplyDeleteGood read!
The Star doesn't want people like me to read their rag as they only cater to liberal socialist policies. I got the message and dropped my subscription.
ReplyDeleteYael Aboukaka blames Brownback for layoffs, while rich-kid Lewie Dikweed blames "White Privilege"
ReplyDelete8:01 the Star isn't obligated to express any opinions on the editorial page. But their opinions are expressed on every page of the paper, even though most of those pages are supposed to be news. And their opinions are mostly pay back for tens of millions in tax breaks given them by those they praise.
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ReplyDeleteThe Star isn't obligated to do much of anything, but at the same time no one should feel obligated to buy their work product because "it's our hometown paper".
The vast majority of metro residents don't even live in KCMO and most could care less about the antics of the elected clowns in Jackson County or KCMO, or reading articles supposedly about their own neighborhoods around the metro that the reporters and columnists clearly don't know much of anything about.
The Star's collapse has been caused by poor business decisions and getting caught flat-footed by the internet and then trying to save money by laying off their best staff and replacing them with new J-school grads and affirmative action hires.
The paper gets smaller.
The work product gets worse.
The cost continues to climb.
Not a business plan very likely to succeed.