Pro-Police Candidates Threaten To Stop Talking To Kansas City Star

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PRO-POLICE COUNCIL CANDIDATES REPORT BIASED NEWSPAPER COVERAGE  DURING THE PRIMARY AND PROMISE TO SHUT OUT THE KANSAS CITY STAR IN THE GENERAL ELECTION!!!

 We'll have more later but here's a quick word . . . 

"It's just not worth it to talk to them . . . They twist everything a candidate says and offer very one-sided articles on anything related to the council. Nowadays, they're really nothing more than public relations outlet for the Mayor's office. They're not behaving honestly so there's really no reason to engage with them." 

Accordingly . . . 

Here's yet another peek at the downfall of newsprint and the political price for the local media transition:

“High-quality journalism is very expensive, and newspapers are competing with other forms of media that are low cost to operate and free to distribute,” Michael Sinkinson, an assistant professor of economics at Yale SOM, said. “I wish that people valued the local press more than they do.”

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

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