From The Source:  “This is Journalism?” In what could be a textbook case of journalistic malpractice, the erstwhile Kansas City Star finally reported on the DUI arrest and subsequent firing of its columnist merely a month after it happened. Did we mention that the columnist, Rhonda Chriss Lokeman, is also married to Publisher Mark Zieman? […]

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Besides our loyal readers, we know that the journalists and the politicians read the Missouri Political News Service as well. As usual, the media are a day late and a dollar short on this one.  We reported Monday the glaring conflict of interest Linda Martinez had as Nixon’s choice as head of the Department of […]

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Jay Nixon has paid back Kit Wagar for his favorable reporting of his campaign last fall by hiring him as his spin meister at the Department of Health and Senior Services. Nixon continues his “Nixon-esque” double speak as he told the legislature Tuesday night that he would eliminate 1,300 state jobs – but not before […]

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We guess that the semi-retirement deal Jo Mannies worked out with Lee Enterprises was that she can now work part-time from home – and STILL not have to worry about fact checking her stories. The story Mannies wrote today was riddled with inaccuracies and half truths. Here are the corrections: *For purposes for federal reapportionment, […]

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Excerpt from MOGOP press release: “After spending nearly a million dollars of Missouri taxpayer money on a bogus investigation, Nixon explains that he is not using the OA system to permanently save e-mails because allowing each employee to decide whether an e-mail should be saved as a public record “… made more sense…” Can’t wait […]

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Since the Associated Press needs help from the blogosphere to report stories, we thought we’d try and help them out -and the rest of the media – AGAIN, by reposting this story from last week. 12/08/08 One of the first names on the press release announcing Jay Nixon’s transition advisors is Jim Bergfalk. Bergfalk is […]

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The. K.C Star, News-Leader, and The STL Post Dispatch continue to ignore Governor-elect Nixon’s Kansas transition team member. Here is today’s example of the increasing irrelevancy of the mainstream media: From the AP: Nixon’s gubernatorial transition team has sent letters to about 600 employees whose jobs are not covered by the state merit system. The […]

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In a piece we posted last week titled, “A Glimpse Into the Future of Old Media: Focus on “Feuds” Instead of News,” we gave you a glaring example of why newspapers across the country are filing bankruptcy and dramatically losing readership and credibility. As we wrote then, the Missouri media’s obsession with gossip instead of […]

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We won’t even comment on this one! We’ll let you decide for yourself. Here is the title of a post on today’s Prime Buzz: “Kinder aide used online dating service.” Here’s the first sentence of the post: “The former (emphasis ours) chief of staff for Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder has admitted to using an online […]

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Last Friday, we brought you this exclusive story of emails we obtained that detail the collusion between labor unions, Nixon Crony Chuck Hatfield, and Chris “the impostor” Koster to launder campaign funds. (We have plenty more by the way!) As we predicted, the mainstream media won’t touch this story with a ten foot pole – […]

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