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I'm sorry but the way that blog looks, the types of comments it attracts, and the general tenor of the text makes me reluctant to take it at face value. Do you

I'm sorry but the way that blog looks, the types of comments it attracts, and the general tenor of the text makes me reluctant to take it at face value. Do you have a citation for your claim that this is some of the best reporting?

devilbunny 4y ago
He certainly has some... unusual commenters, but really, he's about the best there is, unless you're on one of his hobby-horse topics that I've really failed to get excited about. (The water situation is not one, although the mayor's habit of trying to hide what his administration is doing from the press is.) I live locally.
cbozeman 4y ago
I'm quite sure you wouldn't take it face value. I've been reading Kingfish's blog for a long time... since 2008. And it reminds me why I left Mississippi every time I look at it. Kingfish isn't a web developer or a technologist (hence the *.blogspot.com domain and not something along the lines of www.kingfish.news like those of us in tech would have). Kingfish is a just your garden variety blogger. His identity is already known, and he's considered to be controversial, but a truth teller: https://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2017/jan/23/city-vetting-local-blogger-kingfish-hendrix-jackso/ https://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2017/jan/23/city-vetti... He leans conservative, and although the so-called 'elite' media outlets consider that to be a crime nowadays, it isn't.
devilbunny 4y ago
This is a very late reply, but he's put together one of those posts that explains why the locals trust him at http://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/2022/09/how-jacksons-water-system-collapsed.html http://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/2022/09/how-jacksons-water-... Not completely disinterested, and maybe there are things about which you don't trust him, but his citations are excellent. Lots of raw data to work with.

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I'm sorry but the way that blog looks, the types of comments it attracts, and the general tenor of the text makes me reluctant to take it at face value. Do you

by JeremyNT 4y ago

devilbunny 4y ago
He certainly has some... unusual commenters, but really, he's about the best there is, unless you're on one of his hobby-horse topics that I've really failed to get excited about. (The water situation is not one, although the mayor's habit of trying to hide what his administration is doing from the press is.) I live locally.
cbozeman 4y ago
I'm quite sure you wouldn't take it face value. I've been reading Kingfish's blog for a long time... since 2008. And it reminds me why I left Mississippi every time I look at it. Kingfish isn't a web developer or a technologist (hence the *.blogspot.com domain and not something along the lines of www.kingfish.news like those of us in tech would have). Kingfish is a just your garden variety blogger. His identity is already known, and he's considered to be controversial, but a truth teller: https://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2017/jan/23/city-vetting-local-blogger-kingfish-hendrix-jackso/ https://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2017/jan/23/city-vetti... He leans conservative, and although the so-called 'elite' media outlets consider that to be a crime nowadays, it isn't.
devilbunny 4y ago
This is a very late reply, but he's put together one of those posts that explains why the locals trust him at http://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/2022/09/how-jacksons-water-system-collapsed.html http://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/2022/09/how-jacksons-water-... Not completely disinterested, and maybe there are things about which you don't trust him, but his citations are excellent. Lots of raw data to work with.