Sunday, August 20, 2017

Watching the Watchers or Useless Fact #____.

The Mississippi media has only filed 35 public records complaints since the Ethics Commission began accepting such complaints in 2010.  The Clarion-Ledger led the way with a grand total of 13 public records complaints.  Yours truly came in second with five.  The Greenwood Commonwealth acquitted itself well by coming in third with four complaints.  The rest of the Mississippi media took a dive.  Only one tv station filed a complaint.  14 media outlets filed public records complaints and two of those are Steve Robertson (Scout) and the Mississippi Crime Crier.


The only Jackson metro-area media outlets that filed public records complaints were the Clarion-Ledger, Northside Sun, and this website.  WLBT, WAPT, WJTV, Fox40, Mississippi Link, Jackson Advocate, and the Jackson Free Press all registered a big fat zero.  Reporter Kate Royals accounted for three complaints at both the Clarion-Ledger and Mississippi Today.   Anna Wolfe, Mollie Bryant, and Miss Royals were responsible for the majority of the Clarion-Ledger's complaints. 

One shouldn't read too much into these statistics but they do give an idea as to which media outlets are actually questioning politicians while refusing to take no for an answer.


Clarion-Ledger: 13
Jackson Jambalaya: 5 (3 opinions, 2 pending complaints against HCSO and DPS)
Greenwood Commonwealth: 4
Enterprise-Journal: 2
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal: 2
Hattiesburg-American: 1
Grenada Star: 1
USA Today: 1
Mississippi Today (Kate Royals): 1
Enterprise-Tocsin: 1
Steve Robertson (Scout): 1
Mississippi Crime Crier: 1
Ocean Springs Record: 1
WDAM: 1

Private citizens: 74

Posted by Kingfish at 2:17 PM

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

What did the Crime Crier file one for? I read that juicy piece of newspaper weekly to keep up with who the THUGS are in my community. Funny how the Ole Miss Commerical Dispatch leaves out a lot of mugshots that appear in the Crime Crier.

August 20, 2017 at 3:13 PM
Anonymous said...

Is it not clear to you that almost nobody has faith in that system to begin with? It's like calling the railroad to complain about trains causing delays for school moms. Nobody would care or do a damned thing about it.

August 20, 2017 at 3:25 PM
Anonymous said...

Time to drain the swamp in Mississippi

August 20, 2017 at 6:25 PM
Anonymous said...

What a Laugh... Drain the what??? Please that isn't happening in D.C or anywhere else with the Buffons in office today.

August 20, 2017 at 6:50 PM
Anonymous said...

Don't see the Sun Herald on this list. No surprise there. They did a great job on the DMR but have dropped the ball on a number of other things. They don't seem to want to dig too deep into anything. So unless you want to know about lifestyle items, local traffic or other BS you have to find real news elsewhere. Time for a GulfCoastJambalaya.com

August 20, 2017 at 6:53 PM
Anonymous said...

What's a Buffon? Sounds like a pastry.

August 20, 2017 at 10:18 PM
Look Out said...

Look at the state capitol and the white house and you will see Buffoons

August 21, 2017 at 6:45 AM
Anonymous said...

Time for a GulfCoastJambalaya.com

slabbed.org

August 21, 2017 at 8:27 AM
Anonymous said...

GulfCoastJambalaya appears to be just another Trump bashing quasi-conservative site that doesn't take any real position on anything. Move along.....nothing to see.

August 22, 2017 at 6:34 AM

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