Tag Archives: Kansas City Star
Hearne: Editorial Slams ‘Arrowhead Chop,’ Whatever That Is
It’s not easy keeping up with Native American political correctness… Not for the Kansas City Star editorial board, anyway. How else to explain conflating a tomahawk with an arrowhead? No kidding, Check out the headline: “Stop the offensive ‘Arrowhead Chop.’ … Continue reading
Posted in Hearne_Christopher, Uncategorized
Tagged Arrowhead Chop, Kansas City Star, macarena, Patrick Mahomes, tomahawk chop
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Hearne: KCC Reader Rides to Star Honcho Mike Fannin’s Defense
Remember when “all” used to be fair in love and war? Less so today, suggests reader Rick McCullough, who says the editor of the Kansas City Star, Mike Fannin deserves a pass based on his checkered resume, because of – wait for … Continue reading
Hearne: Last One Out Turn Out the Lights@ KC Star
Things are starting to look pretty ugly at Kansas City’s newspaper of record… Uglier than usual…so what else is new, right? Yet amidst further layoffs and a barrage of gloom and doom reports about the Kansas City Star, the newspaper choked out … Continue reading
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Tagged Jim Fitzpatrick, Kansas City Star, Mark Zieman, McClatchy, Mike Fannin
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Hearne: Just Another Manic Monday @ 18th & Grand
It doesn’t make sense… That the lowly Lawrence Journal World continues to choke out 30 percent more content than the once-mighty Kansas City Star. Yet here we go again today, with a flimsy, 20 page, two-section Monday Star versus a three-section, 26 page Journal … Continue reading
Hearne: Star Breaks its Word, Backtracks on Tax Pledge, Looks to Uncertain Future
The Kansas City Star couldn’t pat itself on the back enough… The year was 2003 and editorial page editor Miriam Pepper was ecstatic about the prospects of the newspaper building a new $200 million press facility in the heart of downtown. “I’m … Continue reading
Sutherland: An Unresolved Dichotomy @ 18th & Grand
During the Cold War, analysts at the CIA would parse every word in the Soviet Union’s official newspaper, “Pravda,” and in the Red Chinese counterpart, “The People’s Daily.” This was to search for subtle shifts in meaning and emphasis in … Continue reading
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Tagged Dwight Sutherland, Kansas City Star, Mark Zieman, Steve Paul
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Steele: Has the KC Star Ceased to be Ridiculous?
For the last few days at least, the Kansas City Star has not sent out in its daily email blast an article scolding Kansas Governor Sam Brownback for some imagined offense… Had someone told the editors their Brownback mania was … Continue reading
New Jack City: All Hail The Filipino Kansas City Star
I’ve been making a lot of telephone calls to the Philippines of late… To check on a mail order bride, maybe? For a clandestine bank account? Or possibly arranging a trip to that exotic destination for a client? None of the above. … Continue reading
Hearne: Is the KC Star Business Section About to Become Road Kill?
Heard on the street: that the Kansas City Star will soon eliminate its business section… Could happen. Since ace business reporter Kevin Collison bailed a year ago – and was not replaced – and what was left of the Business Tuesday insert went … Continue reading
Hearne: Star Editor Defends Realm on KCUR FM
Tap dance, anyone? Talk about interesting timing, three days after my column calling out Kansas City Star editor Mike Fannin for failing to deliver a quality newspaper, up popped the devil in the form of a kid gloves interview with KCUR … Continue reading
Hearne: Jock Sniffing Tom Brady & The ‘Border War”
Is there anything jock sniffers love more than hyperbole? Especially the sports media. If they can rile up the faithful by pissing them off or exaggerating to the tenth power, 9 times out of 10 they’ll rock with it. Even normally clear … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Self, Border War, Cumulus Kansas City, Kansas City Star, KU basketball, KU football, Missouri, MIZZOU, MU, Sam Mellinger
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Hearne: Leadership Void @ 18th & Grand Results in Poor News Quality
These are desperate times for newspapers… And while I seem to be in a minority when it comes to optimism about their survival, that has zero to do with critiquing the current product, which most people seem to agree somewhat sucks. That’s … Continue reading
Sutherland: When Bad Things Happen to Good People
Michelle Johnson, the Kansas City Star’s ‘Diversity Diva’, was able to put succinctly into words an idea that I had struggled with for some time… Johnson drew on her experience as an employment lawyer to explain why some types of … Continue reading
Posted in Dwight D. Sutherland, Jr.
Tagged Dwight Sutherland, Kansas City Star, Michelle Johnson
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Hearne: Skeen & Wife Wanted to Buy ‘Duke’s on Grand’
Saturday’s downtown sports bar rape story just keeps getting weirder… For starters, turns out alleged rapist Dennis Skeen is married. Add to that, sources say that Skeen and his wife Michelle have been trying to buy Duke’s on Grand, the downtown bar … Continue reading
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Tagged Cumulus Kansas City, Dennis Skeen, Jersey Dogs, Jim Ready, Kansas City Star, Mary Sanchez, Michelle Skeen
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Steele: Why Bishop Finn Had to Go
Allow me to put my biases out in the open… Bishop Robert Finn is quite possibly the saintliest man I have ever met. He is everything a good bishop should be: kind, wise, prudent, and faithful. The kind, wise, and prudent … Continue reading
Hearne: Candy Store Closed @ 18th & Grand
I don’t always answer my phone… If I don’t recognize the caller or it’s from a toll free number. I just don’t have the time or the energy to have to politely explain to some stranger that I’m not interested in … Continue reading
Hearne: USA Today the Future of Local Newspapers?
The sky isn’t quite falling yet, but we may be getting close… There’s little doubt that rapidly advancing technology is taking a huge toll on any number of old school industries. Take the greeting card biz, with Hallmark shuttering its Topeka … Continue reading
Hearne: Another Head Rolls as Scramble for Ad Revenue Continues @18th & Grand
It was only a small news item in today’s newspaper… Word that the Kansas City Star had replaced its vice president of advertising Julie Terry by a far younger, 30-something dude named Tony Berg from its sister publication in Wichita. “Tony … Continue reading
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Tagged Art Brisbane, Julie Terry, Kansas City Star, Mac Tully, Mi-Ai Parrish, Steve Rose, Tony Berg
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