The Kansas City Star decided to run a fan’s opinion ripping Patrick Mahomes, and Chiefs fans, including Brittany Mahomes aren’t happy about it.
On Friday, the long-running Kansas City newspaper ran a “letter to the editor” article that featured a fan calling out the team’s franchise QB for being “selfish.”
He’s a great quarterback, sure. But he only cares about how he looks, not his team. | Opinion https://t.co/iPSKIppKjL
— The Kansas City Star (@KCStar) September 30, 2022
Via KC Star
PUTS ‘I’ IN TEAM After watching the Kansas City Chiefs for the past two years, I think it is clear that Patrick Mahomes is not a team player. He doesn’t care if his team wins or loses. All he cares about is how he looks. It’s beginning to look very obvious. He’s a good quarterback but really doesn’t care about his team as a whole.
Fans were clearly not happy with the KC Star promoting the fan’s opinion and making it seem like was an op-ed piece.
“Newspapers generally do a TERRIBLE job of making clear to readers what is opinion, whether editorial board (which is a whole separate discussion) or letters to the editor.Perfect example here. A 61-word “letter” to the editor and @KCStar thinks, “Yeah, let’s juice this!”
Newspapers generally do a TERRIBLE job of making clear to readers what is opinion, whether editorial board (which is a whole separate discussion) or letters to the editor.
Perfect example here. A 61-word "letter" to the editor and @KCStar thinks, "Yeah, let's juice this!" https://t.co/9lIrHHoNZR
— Gabe Brooks (@gabrieldbrooks) September 30, 2022
“This just continues my personal thought that Newspapers leaning into clickbaity Op-Eds accelerated the decline of said newspapers.
“Mixing opinion garbage like this with the news makes it very easy to discredit an operation.”
This just continues my personal thought that Newspapers leaning into clickbaity Op-Eds accelerated the decline of said newspapers.
Mixing opinion garbage like this with the news makes it very easy to discredit an operation. https://t.co/TWJwqcWM8q
— Conner Christopherson (@Conner_DKC) September 30, 2022
Evan Brittany Mahomes chimed in.
“Y’all are extremely ignorant for this. Kansas City doesn’t do this to it’s people, what a joke you guys are. 😂”
Y’all are extremely ignorant for this. Kansas City doesn’t do this to it’s people, what a joke you guys are. 😂 https://t.co/otmZsegnJP
— Brittany Mahomes (@BrittanyLynne) September 30, 2022