tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post7804664388537117497..comments2023-10-07T05:29:20.923-07:00Comments on McClatchy Watch: Frustrated with the KC Star? Nick has some adviceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-21528166170482741292009-04-17T14:39:00.000-07:002009-04-17T14:39:00.000-07:00When I first came to Kansas the previous resident ...When I first came to Kansas the previous resident was a subscriber to The Star. After making repeated phone calls they failed to cancel his subscription and so continued throwing the paper. The collection department called and I pointed out that we were not subscribers and that the previous folks had canceled the paper before they left.<br /><br />For three years The Star continued to throw the paper, sending us questionnaires from time-to-time asking us if we still wanted the paper (the answer was no). Finally, they stopped delivering the paper on a daily basis, but we still got the paper occasionally six years later when we moved.<br /><br />When I wrote for the paper as an independent columnist I got a subscription as part of the deal (Since I wouldn't pay for it myself.) After the column was terminated they continued to deliver it for over a year in spite of the fact that I had no subscription and told them to stop. They then sent me a letter asking me to pay for the previous year, which I refused. I always wondered how many other folks had the same experience.John Altevogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537336489001296295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-6202989368752981642009-04-17T12:22:00.000-07:002009-04-17T12:22:00.000-07:00@Bottom Line Communications
HOW MANY WERE AT TEA P...@Bottom Line Communications<br />HOW MANY WERE AT TEA PARTY? HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS?<br /><br />The Kansas City Star has generally adopted a "safe" policy of not trying to estimate crowds at events because the it has been proven so horribly wrong over the years. [Snip]<br /><br />If the Star has a policy of not estimating crowds why did they allow her to guess "hundreds?" Is it because the newspaper opposed the events? <br /><br />Newspaper readers have a right to know whether there were a few "hundred" people at the rally or several thousand? That distinction might be important for them to determine if the event was major or minor. <br /><br />Unfortunately, the Kansas City Star doesn't think so...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-16386541349217053512009-04-17T10:55:00.000-07:002009-04-17T10:55:00.000-07:00we've had the opposite problem...
after the Star-...we've had the opposite problem...<br /><br />after the Star-Telegram and the Dallas Morning News started sharing content, we canceled the DMN. my husband, though, missed the DMN and called to restart it. that was a couple of weeks and ago, and the DMN has yet to throw it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-16024106222086303042009-04-17T08:23:00.000-07:002009-04-17T08:23:00.000-07:00I drove by Mark & Rhonda's place on my way...I drove by Mark & Rhonda's place on my way in to work. Rhonda was out in the yerd and looked to have 5 or 6 papers in her arms. I honked but she wouldn't wave back.<br /><br />; )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-67567707110522026182009-04-17T07:00:00.000-07:002009-04-17T07:00:00.000-07:00I love the idea ... journalists' version of a "new...I love the idea ... journalists' version of a "newspaper party." All of McClatchy papers should do the same. Wonder if it would covered in the papers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com