07-21-2009 INK FOCUSES ON THE SELF-OBSESSED The Kansas City Star's Ink publication, which has been referred to by one journalist as "a paper written by 18-year-olds for 14-year-olds," is now running a contest where young hotties (and friends) have submitted pictures of themselves in various stages of dress--and undress. Ink readers are now able to vote for their top male and female hotties. "What results is a parade of, yes, (mostly) attractive people � but also a Ford-worthy assembly line of aggrandizement, self-promotion, flattery, and some of the most shameless immodesty this side of a Flavor of Love episode," reports the folks at the wonderful blog site Bovine Comedy, which highlighted the contest (LINK). Ink, which was originally designed to take on the Pitch, Kansas City's alternative weekly, seems to have moved away from any attempt to do real journalism and into full narcissism. Incidentally, The Pitch folks says Ink has not impacted them one iota. Ink readers can now vote for the city's hottest male and female narcissist. The winner gets to be featured in----a future issue of Ink. Somewhere there is an ink-stained journalist spinning in his/her grave...
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