Abstract

The Kansas City Star - A Warning Luminary

A glorified organ of Main Street-thus one is tempted to describe the newspaper Kansas City Star, one of the most influential dailies. Upon its own townspeople its hold is copper-riveted, for it sells about 130,000 copies within urban and suburban limits that hold 450,000 people. More than that, Kansas City, Kansas regards it as much an institution to be proud of as the new Union Station, or the Elks Club, or the splendid boulevard system. The merchants' associations, the chambers of commerce, and the boosters' clubs are as satisfied with it as with the flag under which they all live. It is part and parcel of the municipality, and he would be rash, indeed, who would attempt to say whether the Star made Kansas City famous or Kansas City the Star, or even to try to figure out just how much each has contributed to the development of the other.