Here's How Kansas City Dead-Tree Media Recycles AI Slop Content

Right now we wanted to take a moment to identify an otherwise useless trend deployed by struggling Kansas City Star. 

And so . . . 

On this misty October evening at the outset of a global recession, it's not too much of an indulgence to examine the most critical of all metro industries: Local journalism. 

j/k 

Accordingly . . . 

In order to continue serving the greedy Internets more content every day. The Kansas City Star seems to be RECYCLING their stories in nifty compilations that read as if they were written and introduced by some soulless robot. 

The punchline: The reports should be familiar to local news junkies given that they're mostly just the same talking points that are pretty much pre-approved by local government.  

In fairness, we all have our tricks & treats to entertain readers and we don't begrudge anyone their tactics, we simply wanted to identify the trend and share a few recent examples.  

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