Tag: Wichita news media
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Earthjustice in Kansas: The Press Release
I’ve recently learned that the radical environmentalist group Earthjustice played a role in the rejection of a coal-fired power plant in Kansas. I didn’t learn that from any Kansas news source, but only from Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, and only then long after the permit for the plant was denied. See Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius…
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Wichita Eagle Reporting Bias
In the article Allison to be interim director of WSU economics center, the Wichita Eagle again reveals bias in its business reporting.
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Wichita Business Journal: Please Explain the Wichita School Bond Impact
Mr. Heck must be relying on reporting from his own newspaper, for a few months ago it printed the article “Brooks: Bond issue possible in spring” (December 28, 2007 Wichita Business Journal) in which Brooks and Joe Johnson, head of the school district’s architectural firm Schaefer Johnson Cox Frey Architecture say that the bond issue…
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Wichita Business Journal: Where is the Increasing Enrollment in Wichita Schools?
In the recent Wichita Business Journal article Passage of 2000 school bond issue highlights Brooks’ legacy in Wichita reporter Josh Heck made this statement: “Enrollment [in Wichita public schools] has increased steadily during the past 10 years and now totals more than 48,000 students.” Readers, would you please look at the following chart of enrollment…
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Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius at Earthjustice
On June 26, 2008, Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius spoke at an event hosted by Earthjustice (motto: “Because the earth needs a good lawyer”). By the next day, Earthjustice already had a self-congratulatory professionally-produced video available at Earthjustice & Kansas Governor Talk Clean Energy. Evidently, Earthjustice, previously known as the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, was…
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The Wichita Eagle’s preference for government
An article in the June 19, 2008 Wichita Eagle (Many businesses owners say they carry too much of local tax burden) provides an example of the frequently-expressed bias against individuality and markets, and in favor of government and its institutions. The article, which presents much useful information, unfortunately contains this sentence: “Needless to say, taxes…
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Analysis of Wichita Eagle News Coverage
I received this analysis and commentary from a friend of mine. It concerns an article that appeared on the front page of The Wichita Eagle a few months ago. I have removed mention of specific names. I was appalled to read the front page editorial that appeared above the fold on the front page of…
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Bias noticed at the Wichita Eagle, again
State Senator Peggy Palmer, R-Augusta has publicly announced that she has canceled her Wichita Eagle subscription in the wake of the controversy over the Wichita Eagle’s “news” coverage of today’s election.
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Bias Noticed at The Wichita Eagle
I received this commentary from a person who believes he noticed some bias in reporting appearing in The Wichita Eagle. … I visited with Eagle writer Dion Lefler regarding the language he used to describe the Sedgwick County Commission meeting the day after Sedgwick County Commissioners voted 5 to 0 to raise the mil levy.…