Jackson Jambalaya

Just talked to my reporter friend who is keeping vigil. He is still alive.

Same person as above, the second I posted that, I got the word. Sad.

Yes. Sad.

So does it make you feel good to announce this through your source over letting the family and city formally announce it? All so you can boast that you got it faster than the free press and ledger. What a guy! Pretty low down considering other outlets are allowing for the family to "call it."

Where did I boast about beating the media? I really don't care about that kind of crap. I'm not the one who brags about how well I cover a murder.

10:34, Why are you on this blog, if you don't want the "scoop?"

KF, are you pretty confident about this? Can you give your source's background in terms of why he/she would have the info?

This is what happens when Ladd keeps the whiny JFP bitches on hold. They go looking for news elsewhere.

Can you give your source's background in terms of why he/she would have the info?

KF doesn't need to reveal anything. If you don't like what he brings to the table then take a hike.

Ledger reporting rumor isn't true....this story will change minute by minute.

10:48, don't be a dick. I am asking a question because I am trying to ascertain whether the source has credibility. I am following various leads, and there is disinformation coming from the Melton camp as well as some conflicting stories.

Anyway, KF, can you shed some light?

Funny how so many don't hold the JFP accountable to same levels and standards to which they want to hold Kingfish. But, then again, many have tried to do so. Ladd browbeats them and then bans them.

@10:54. Get over yourself.

The JFP is accountable to tofu, a latte and the company Yugo.

What is the disinformation?

KF, basically what just hit the paper. the spokesperson i talked to made some veiled comments similar to the CL ones; "def not dead". What that says to me is that he probably is in a coma or something. Very semantic.

If he was in bad shape but conscious, it would seem they would say that.

Your readers are kind of defensive. My comment asking about the credibility of your source simply was a question so I can try to compare it to things I am getting.

I have a call into a CL reporter who is not at that desk who may have some more info.

Will let you know.

Why doesn't the jerkoff wanting to assess King's sources send him a damn private email?

Send King a private email. Otherwise give it a rest.

Well Revies says he's not dead! Oops! Funny how if you guestion KF you are automaticly labelled a JFP supporter by the minions here. All I'm saying is KF should have the class to wait for the family to say something official before he posts womething this serious even if he is right. And, yes, you have boasted in the past about beating the media to stories, so you are not innocent of my claims.

Great. Your protest is duly noted. Anything else?

Did you complain that one day months back when the JFP breathlessly reported that Melton's family was rushing to his bedside in the hospital as if he were about to pass?

I don't post on the free press jackass! You guys on here are worse than the idiots that keep supporting Stokes.

Question away guys, question away. If I wind up being wrong, guess what? There will be a big headline saying "Kingfish F'ed Up" with an explanation and apology.

Debate is encouraged here.

11:13am, yes I did. In this case, I got emails, text, and calls all morning after 9 saying he died. I didn't run with that because its obviously rumor despite how well informed.

I dont' try to scoop the media. yes, I have a couple of times and have joked about it but honestly, I'm not trying to scoop the media. Now if I find out something I can support or has credible sources, I'll probably post it. My track record has been pretty damn good on that score.

This post I discussed with a couple of attorneys before I posted it. Told them my source and the info and was told it was ok.

Well, I did email KF. He verified, to some degree, his source and I am satisfied. Not that anyone gives a damn.

FWIW, I was just simply comparing his source to some of mine to get an accurate look at what is happening.

I still suspect that Melton is in some sort of vegetative state, or is going through congestive heart failure, which is unfortunate and can take some time.

I hope he is improving, but don't read the articles to see that to be the case.

Did you complain that one day months back when the JFP breathlessly reported that Melton's family was rushing to his bedside in the hospital as if he were about to pass?

Everyone who demanded that Ladd reveal her sources when this went down please stand up.

The difference is if I wind up being wrong I'm not going to change a screen. I'm going to write a correction, take my lumps for it, and leave my mistake up there if it turns out to be one and label it as wrong.

Like I said, I have a very credible source. I spoke to someone just now at a tv station and they are hearing so many different things its unbelievable. They were even told a funeral home. Of course when they called there was no such thing, just a wild tip.

Here is what I actually wrote on that postin the comments:

Anonymous said...
They were given a bad lead and issued a retraction when it didn't check out. It happens.
January 13, 2009 9:46 AM
Kingfish said...
You are absolutely correct. I agree 100% with your assertion and logic.

however, as I wrote, imagine if the CL had done the same thing. She's made a practice of bashing the rest of the media for this kind of reporting. In fact, her trademark phrase is "factchecking.its.not.that.hard
No one demanded she reveal her sources.

It's kind of ironic that controversy surrounds Melton even as he lay dying. Faulkner couldn't have written it better.

And I was not meaning any disrespect toward Frank at all in my post just now on the irony. I think even Frank would get several laughs over the drama!

He and his family have been in prayers. He's actually a neighbor of mine.

We got the bubble-headed-bleach-blonde who Comes on at five

She can tell you bout the plane crash with a gleam In her eye

Its interesting when people die-
Give us dirty laundry

Can we film the operation?

Is the head dead yet?

You know, the boys in the newsroom
got a Running bet

Get the widow on the set!

We need dirty laundry

- "Dirty Laundry" by Don Henley

Sorry, couldn't help myself. This topic getting somewhat ghoulish....

Kingfish: "The difference is if I wind up being wrong I'm not going to change a screen."

Thank you for not doing that to fit the circumstances. The Fondren Bugle is notorious for changing their online content on the fly to make it appear that they got it right from the outset. It is a now you see it, now you don't bait and switch of the worst kind. When you've thrown the amount of rocks the Bugle editor has thrown you shouldn't be surprised when some get thrown right back. Citizen journalists are going to make mistakes; Kingfish has always been forthcoming when he has done so. It is a new world out there as print newspapers, including free entertainment throwaways, die off. Citizen journalists don't have to wait on the C-L or JFP or WAPT or anybody else to report. If you like the coverage and content you'll come read again. If you don't, you won't. You can always start your own.

The following is a comment on the CL about Frank's health...

"No lawyers will cry that my death caused them a loss of income. My death won't save the taxpayers money on another trial. I won't need a spokesman to explain how I was in full cardiac arrest then talking to people on a gurney later. A city wont be glad Iam dead because their embarrasment will be buried. People won't say I am not lying because my lips are taped shut."

People,

The man had his problems, but it sounds as if he is dying if he hasn't already. Be a little kinder. This junk is horrible. You should all be ashamed. What will you talk about now! Let me guess...

We could discuss the TIF abuses taking place in Jackson but that will only draw out the myopic boo birds who don't want their taxpayer subsidized gravy train to go off track.

Most of you are talking like you are a bunch of Vulture's.There is not much pitty or compassion on here for this Human Being.We all make our share of mistakes not just Mr.Melton but each and every one of us.He will have a judgement day and thank God he won't be judged by the Jackson Jambalaya.Try showing the family a little Respect!!!!!

Comparing JJ and Kingfish to the JFP is the same as comparing a nuclear physicist to a dog turd.

Thanks for the info, Kingfish.

You were right all along Kingfish. Now we'll get 1000 words out of Ladd about her usual best practices bullshit. She's a super freak, a super control freak.

"Best practices".....ha ha ha

RIP Frank 12:10 am

The greatest irony was provided by Goldia Revies who announced yesterday that the Mayor was "resting." Yeah, I guess you could call it that.

Sad ending but not all that surprising.

If there has been one hallmark of the Melton administration and staff its been to deny deny deny, then lie, lie, lie until confronted with a different set of facts.

So far it looks like that is the same modus of the Crisler campaign.

Bert Case's story on WLBT just now stated that the paramedics didn't get to Melton in time last night, he was brain dead. Which is pretty much consistent with KF's reporting and, in a sense, that he was merely "resting" yesterday ('cause, let's face it, the only way Melton was gonna rest was when dead).

He will be missed.

If Melton's passing proved anything it is that the citizen journalist known as the Kingfish has solid sources who trust him to do the right thing with the confidence they place in him. He reports on the news accurately, if not more accurately, than some local outlets in Jackson. He also reports on stories where others fear tread either politically or because they lack the analytical expertise. Jackson Jambalaya has become a must read and the metro area benefits from having another source of news and commentary. Thank you KF.

VERY well said 12:25. Every word. I wouldn't have been here for two years if it weren't true.

He knows when to hold back, and lucky for us, when to gun it.

Thanks. That it is why Tuesday night I said coded and included the word dead so no one would think I just meant heart stopped. I meant dead when he coded. In fact, when I first spoke to my source, my source's first words Tuesday night were oh, you heard Frank's dead, not oh, you heard he had a heart attack.

He was the mayor. We had a right to know more than "he's resting." Although, anyone with sense would have known that given Melton's condition, any new crisis would have probably meant the end of him.

So really.....you reported that he was dead, which in every sense of the word people believe is dead...died when in fact, he was NOT dead. he didn't die until hours later.

Cute.

I reported Tuesday night he was dead but they got him revived to the point they could put him on life support. He WAS dead when the EMT's got there. He was dead Wednsday morning but they made the decision to keep him on life support until the kids got there. No brain waves or anything. He was dead. They called government officials and the funeral home Wed. morning.