Kansas City 4th District Sponsored Content Amid Local Journalism Fight For Survival

Many believe sponsored content is the only way to save the news game both locally and on the national level. The practice is commonplace and EVERY local media outlet uses it. However, this glossy high-class take earns a mention because it's an "upscale" paid perspective for a candidate who brands himself as a working-class option. So, the messaging disparity stands out and might be an example of either a hopeful Midtown politico already sending mixed messages OR typical sloppy Kansas City campaigning. On the bright side and in fairness, the dude still looks wonderfully awkward in a blazer and his OPPONENT is basically doing the same thing via Twitter inside an influential bubble of creative class movers & shakers. Read more:

IN Conversation With KC City Council Candidate Geoff Jolley - In Kansas City

Sponsored content: Geoff Jolley's political backstory has a backstory-one that involves working on countless campaigns (including Emanuel Cleaver's successful run for Congress), gaining a law degree from the University of Missouri and, uh, a stint as a firefighter in Antarctica. (More on that in a minute.)


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  1. Silly me. I thought he was merely a fire mafia guy. It's so much worse. And the other guy... Geez. Talk about a lesser of two evils race!

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  2. ^^^ Whatever, @8:59, but he's still not an ARROGANT THIEF like Bunch!
    At least he has class enough to "play the game", while "ButtBunch" has shown over and over again that he just doesn't care about public opinion enough to try to hide his Tax Dollar depredations.

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  3. ^^^Bitch please. The fact that you use silly little nick names renders everything you say after that irrelevant.

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  4. About all that can be said for this "election" in KCMO is:
    We're going to need a bigger clown car!
    You really can't make this stuff up.

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  5. Uhhh - @10:08, "nicknames" is one word, BITCH!
    Talk about "rendering irrelevant", learn the Engish language.

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  6. ^^Ha ha-you got your geezer skull caved in and now your triggered! Grammar Nazi!

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  7. No, Punky, I'M not the one who got slammed!
    Your feeble try to deflect the fact your little butt got torn up more than it did in Hamburger Mary's restroom Saturday night rankles, but suck it up ("up" for a change) and live with it.

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  8. ^^^Huh?"??!???! Does anyone here speak full on retard? I need a translator STAT!

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  9. Keep trying Bubby, oh and don't give up hope, someday someone will market Industrial Strength Preparation H, and you'll find relief.

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  10. Here's the slogan:

    Still better than bunch!

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  11. 11:10 Maybe a clown BUS.

    sad

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