Blog Elitism

A reader named John wrote us on May 9 to ask for some help getting news he ought to have read in his daily paper. “Some of us would like to see the complete list of contributors to the Funkhouser inauguration festivities, but The Star only published the list in its $400-a-year blog. Could you please publish the list in your paper?” he wrote.

Sure, John, we’re happy to help. Especially considering the irony: The same day John wrote to us, The Kansas City Star criticized the new mayor’s inauguration as elitist.

The problem began when the Star pimped in the print version of the paper that a full list of donors to Mayor Mark Funkhouser’s gala would be available online. The problem is that it’s available only to those who pay for the paper’s “Prime Buzz” blog.