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Anonymous said...

Stewart knocks the ball out of the park when he asks 'Where are the reporters?' ... meaning the journo-juggernauts of the mainstream media.

Anonymous said...

Wasn't it Eddie Murphy who did a skit on the old SNL about "You too can be a Ho?"

Kingfish said...

Just like the local media and the proposed bond swap....... or Irby's giving Mac so much money..... or Scruggs..... you get the idea.

Anonymous said...

You forgot the one about Crisler being shot in the leg (Not!) ... and Robbie Bell ... and Donna Ladd not paying her taxes ...

Keep up the great work Kingfish!

Anonymous said...

Will the intrepid "progressives" in this state like Ladd and Craig and Freeland even mention this story from their revered source Reason Magazine?

The Kids REALLY ARE Alright.

Drafting young adults into any health-care reform package [via laws that they purchase insurance] is crucial to paying for it. As low-cost additions to insurance pools, young adults would help dilute the expense of covering older, sicker people. Depending on how Congress requires insurers to price their policies, this group could even wind up paying disproportionately hefty premiums—effectively subsidizing coverage for their parents.

~~ snip ~~

To discourage [young adults from not buying coverage], the Finance Committee bill would fine individuals who do not purchase coverage. An early draft of the proposal set the penalty at $750 or $950 per year for single people, depending on income. But according to various insurance experts, even the least expensive plan under the bill could cost more than $100 per month, making it cheaper for people to pay the fine than to buy insurance.


BEND OVER kids. Uncle Sam wants to give you a rectal exam. Push a little, it won't hurt.

Anonymous said...

Bennie Thompson votes against ACORN defunding. Supports a continuance of illegal activities paid for by federal tax dollars.

Anonymous said...

I admire ACORN, too. They do the Lord's work, you could say, of helping the poor and overlooked.

posted by ladd on 10/15/08 at 05:38 PM


Helping underage girls from Central America be sold into sex slavery isn't the Lord's work.

Anonymous said...

Surprised that little gem of a posting survived the eraser.

Anonymous said...

The JFP brain trust now claims ACORN was the victim of entrapment. No surprise there.

Kingfish said...

link?

Anonymous said...

What James O'Keefe did was a setup, which he admits in this Los Angeles Times story. In most stories I've seen he's identified as an "amateur filmmaker." Regardless of what you think of ACORN, James O'Keefe who is not a reporter for any news organization set out to secretly entrap and discredit the organization.

posted by Ronni M on 09/19/09 at 03:49 PM


Then notice in the very next comment where Ladd creates an exception that allows Lynch to not identify himself as a reporter though O'Keefe isn't provided the same leeway.

Pay close attention as Mott efforts to paint O'Keefe as not a reporter for any news organization. That is the same TERMINAL not-invented-here disease that plagues Hampton and it is thoroughly metastasized inside the restrictive group think of the JFP "newsroom" as they chant, none the wiser, 'We ARE the Journalists, We ARE the Journalists'.

The JFP, because of Ladd's uber-journo-ego need to portray herself as some paragon of all journalistic skill and integrity, is completely stuck inside of the old constucts. We, everyone of us, are all the fourth estate now. The world is zooming by the JFP and, like Hampton, they don't have a clue how to adapt and compete. Their whole operation, including online, are straitjacketed by paper editions. They are stuck.

Mott and Ladd can spend their hours whining all they want about journo-purity -- and who qualifies as a "reporter" versus who does not. One thing is absolutely, completely and undeniably certain and that is that more eyeballs are reading + watching Citizen Reporter O'Keefe's work on BigGovernment.com, cable news, YouTube, etc in ONE day than the number of total eyeballs who read anything from the JFP franchise in 6 months.

The playing field has been leveled.

Kingfish said...

Remember this?

Posted: 05 September 2007 12:51 PM

Good point, Greg. But one of the saddest things about this area is that it seems to be addicted to bad drama. I think this must be a result of our crazy, horrible past. Between that and poor media coverage, we are an area that is ripe for corruption and con artists telling us each what we want to hear.

I mean, Melton did that to me. He told me he was going to shut down gun shows, I presume because he thought I’d want to hear it. My reporting it then got him into hot water.

The media climate that used to exist here was perfect for Melton: He could tell the Northside Sun crowd one thing, and the Advocate readers another. The Clarion-Ledger’s metro-state desk rejected stories that would make him look bad, and the TV stations followed WLBT’s lead.

Now, there’s the JFP, a louder Link and WAPT, which a good part of the time does good TV journalism. He no longer has stock in WLBT, so they’re stepping up more, and I even hear that WJTV wants to do less talking about “reporting the facts, letting you decide” FOX-esque sound bites, and more of actually reporting the facts. (The jury is out on that one.)

And for five years now, we have an active blogosphere and citizen journalists who are willing to challenge public figures and media outlets with real facts.

If Melton arrived now, he would likely never gain the ridiculous hold he has on the area. But it’s been 20 years in the making, and the city can’t break free overnight. Signs are good, though. The more educated people become about what they haven’t been told by the media gatekeepers, the more active and intelligent they will be in decision-making.

But it’s a process, and we can’t let up.

Anonymous said...

Is David Hampton taking a pot shot at you Kingfish in his column today?

Kingfish said...

Nah, he just ripped off the word.



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