OFFICIAL - New KCI Terminal

[AlkaliAxel]

Isn't Loar the councilmember most people on this forum get annoyed with the most?

[Highlander]

Kind of surprised to see how quickly and overwhelmingly the KC Council approved the selection of the vendor. The Star and a few others seemed geared to turn the process into a major scandal (I doubt if the Star gives up so easily).

[horizons82]

The star is desperate for readership and relevance. I expect them to pull crap like this more often moving forward.

[DaveKCMO]

Star/KCI Click Generator:

1. Councilperson feeds 'controversy' to editorial board.
2. Editorial board cries 'OMG controversy!' or 'pump the brakes!'
3. News desk seeks comment from everyone else to ensure 'controversy' remains active -- just doing our job!
4. Less-thorough broadcast newsrooms parrot the Big Local Newspaper headline, gathering on-camera sound bites, extending the 'controversy' until final Council vote.

Rinse and repeat until the terminal opens to much fanfare and amazing reviews -- which will also generate many clicks.

[kboish]

Exactly. They’ve really adopted the Fox news model where they generate the news through controversial editorials and “reporting” that follows their established narrative in order to legitimize those takes.

And then in a few years they will report on how successful and nice it is and pretend every thing reported never happened and have no accountability for their inaccuracies or fear mongering.

[herrfrank]

Highly doubt they {the KC Star} will be around in a couple of years

We need to prepare for this outcome. I think it might happen, although it appears that the Star's circulation has reached something of a gradual bottom (at 1000 bucks per year!)

Someone in the metro will need to publish a tabloid if not a broadsheet. It's hard to take an area seriously without a newspaper.

[TheSmokinPun]

I often dream about getting a crowdfund together & buying it ourselves.

[DaveKCMO]

There are some new outlets doing good reporting -- Kansas City Beacon and Kansas Reflector are two interesting nonprofits. Shawnee Mission Post, Sunflower State Journal, KCUR, and the Biz Journal cover a lot. While Twitter is not 100% reliable -- everyone needs an editor -- it's the place for breaking news that doesn't necessarily come from journalists.

The Star is now a hollowed out front for a for-profit corporation. Sometimes it's easy to blame the writers, but the problem starts at the top and with the fixed costs of a print edition and all of that manual distribution the days are numbered. I doubt it can be rescued as a nonprofit.

[earthling]

The Star is now a hollowed out front

The Star's parent that is. If a more formidable media company acquired KC Star, probably would've been passable. But nearly all traditional media increased click bait out of desperation with more sensationalizing and less journalistic integrity. Even sources that used to be considered 'analytical' (The Atlantic left, National Review right) are getting more sensationalized 'opinion' editorial articles and less analytical.

[WoodDraw]

There are some new outlets doing good reporting -- Kansas City Beacon and Kansas Reflector are two interesting nonprofits. Shawnee Mission Post, Sunflower State Journal, KCUR, and the Biz Journal cover a lot. While Twitter is not 100% reliable -- everyone needs an editor -- it's the place for breaking news that doesn't necessarily come from journalists.

The Star is now a hollowed out front for a for-profit corporation. Sometimes it's easy to blame the writers, but the problem starts at the top and with the fixed costs of a print edition and all of that manual distribution the days are numbered. I doubt it can be rescued as a nonprofit.

I'd add the Missouri independent to this list.

[normalthings]

Floors!

[GRID]

Looking good. I think I will book a flight for the month it opens.

[KCPowercat]

I remember just driving up and parking at the airport to walk around after the last renovations. Definitely going to book a flight this time and experience the whole thing and show up hours early!

[moderne]

Wonder if they will have an open house before operations begin like they did with Bartle Hall in '94 and Union Station in 1914?

[swid]

An open house with "boarding passes" for airside access would be a good way to stress-test the terminal.

[normalthings]

Wonder if they will have an open house before operations begin like they did with Bartle Hall in '94 and Union Station in 1914?

You would have to go through TSA security if they have one.

[flyingember]

Wonder if they will have an open house before operations begin like they did with Bartle Hall in '94 and Union Station in 1914?

You would have to go through TSA security if they have one.

Given it would likely need to be before operations, I don't see this as a barrier.

[normalthings]

Wonder if they will have an open house before operations begin like they did with Bartle Hall in '94 and Union Station in 1914?

You would have to go through TSA security if they have one.

Given it would likely need to be before operations, I don't see this as a barrier.

The opportunity to see the airport before it opens will be to participate in the startup testing. Airport projects get turned over to TSA earlier than you think

[normalthings]

Finished floor

[earthling]

Looks like a sand mandala created by a Tibetan Buddhist monk. Or Aztec interpretation of Sol.