Saturday, November 2, 2024

Coming Soon: Jackson Today?

 Well, well, well, it appears the Barksdalers are about to start another online publication.  Check out the fundraising invitation posted below. 

Mississippi Today is creating a digital newspaper that will focus on Jackson.  None other than Anna Wolfe will lead the effort.   Stay tuned.  

51 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great. Chockwe gets his very own newspaper.

Anonymous said...

Can Sister R put her application in to be a guest columnist?

Anonymous said...

Inside a gate controlled 'community'.

Anonymous said...

It’s too late, Jim.

Anonymous said...

Think I'll show up for the food.

Anonymous said...

No Pigott, No Pulitzer.

Burke said...

As a resident of Jackson, I welcome this news. It's been frustrating to see the great investigative work that Anna Wolfe and her cohorts have been doing around the state, but with very little attention paid to the dismal failure of a series of city administrations to make any progress in Jackson. Chokwe Senior was effective, but he died too soon. His son is ineffective, and refuses to take any responsibility for his failures.

There is legitimate reason to fear that a Jackson version of MT will be little more than an anti-racist crusade. But I am one who thinks that there was clearly a time and place for that crusade, and for affirmative action, but now it's time for a different approach. I am sickened by so many of the diseased leftovers who continue to carry the Old South flag into the Comments section of JJ, but I'm not about to believe that they will ever again control the future of the metro area, and definitely not of the state.
All I ask of investigative reporters is that they hold all of us to the same standards. I believe JJ sets a good example of this, however much his politics may be to the right of mine. I'm center-left, and so I shall remain. The center-right is not so far away. Moderation in all things, as the philosopher said. And, may I add, much less cruelty.

Mississippi Nazi #327 said...

Chokwe Senior was effective ...

He was in office for 9 months. How so? Be specific.

Anonymous said...

Come on, when was the last time you saw an investigative reporter that didn't favor one side or the other?

Anonymous said...

Whoa…the Jim Barksdale that took on monopolist Bill Gates is affiliated with leftist Mississippi Today?

Anonymous said...

Can’t wait to not read about how it’s the States fault that Jackson sucks

Anonymous said...

>Chokwe Senior was effective
...Really?

Anonymous said...

Hey 1:36, you said, "I am sickened by so many of the diseased leftovers who continue to carry the Old South flag into the Comments section of JJ."

Do you care to cite examples? I don't remember any such posts. But there are deceitful posts making such claims.

Anonymous said...

Oh lawd you dun stepped in and and smeared ignorance all over the carpet! There is a search box right there in the upper right where you can type “state flag” and read the ignorant confederate flag supporters’ own vitriolic comments. You can also see how KF has evolved his censorship over there years.

The Flag Comes Down

https://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-flag-comes-down.html?m=1

https://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/2017/10/chism-poll-state-flag-support-at-49.html?m=1

https://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/2020/06/sid-salter-flag-is-albatross-around.html?m=1

https://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/2017/10/chism-poll-state-flag-support-at-49.html?m=1

Anonymous said...

Hey, 3:35. Have you ever read this blog before? Those posts show up here every day.

Anonymous said...

ALL members of the Chok Dynasty; PapaChok, BabyChok, and RukiChok, have been highly EFFECTIVE. They are doing, and have been accomplishing, precisely what was hoped they would do. That these actions and accomplishments run counter to the hopes and best interests of most Jacksonians, is completely irrelevant. The Choks have done, and are doing, what those at the highest levels of power, have intended.

Anonymous said...

Indeed, 3:35, it's possible for 1:36 to link to individual posts, from any thread still in Jackson Jambalaya archives. So, I, too, shall wait with bated breath, for the appearance of those links.

Anonymous said...

@5:21 I tried but KF censored. He is extremely selective about who he allows to win an argument here.

Anonymous said...

I hope to hell the "Barksdalers" won't load it up with columns from self-serving restaurateurs, endless threads about the Jackson water system and the heavy hammer of shit-canning comments that disagree with the publisher.

As if this could possibly get posted. lol

Anonymous said...

Jackson has two failing liberal newspapers, surely a third liberal newspaper will cause all three thrive.

Anonymous said...

Chok Sr. was, indeed, effective. N.E. Jackson feared everybody needed to move to H'Burg, but Sr. was certainly not a radical. If he were still with us, he'd pick Jr. up by his collar and tell him to take responsibility like a leader is supposed to do.

Anonymous said...

People still read newspapers????

Anonymous said...

WOW! Looking at the “Donors” list on leftist Democrat Mississippi Today’s site is extremely concerning. No idea!

A leftist hypocrite staffer posting pics of their beautiful sunrises and incredible sunsets from the safety of the Republican burb they chose to live in…verses the city their Democrat party destroyed…we’ve become totally used to this “liberal hypocrisy.” But that donor list? Shocking!

Watching extremely rich people like Elon Musk, Peter Theil, Bill Ackman, etc. choose honor, high moral character and this countries future over the “loyalties” white liberals like Mark Cuban expects from the candidate he financially supports…gives us hope.

But that donor list reminds us Malcom X was 100% correct when stating “that white person that you see calling himself a liberal (today its progressive Democrat) is the most dangerous thing in the entire Western Hemisphere. He’s the most deceitful.”


“Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” Mathew 19:24

Anonymous said...

Mississippi Today is pretty open about where it gets its money. It would be nice if all local “media” outlets were that transparent.

Anonymous said...

Every African American that sees Mississippi Today’s white liberal leftist Democrat donor list should watch The New York Times (yes, believe it or not the NYT) shockingly honest YouTube vid “Liberal Hypocrisy is Fueling American Inequality. Here’s How. | NYT Opinion”

Afterwards…try to find one white liberal leftist Democrat on that donor list that lives in a high crime Democrat controlled area that’s not behind a protective gate…and sends their children and their grandchildren to the Democrat public schools. If you do, you’ve found a person with extreme high moral character.

White liberal leftist Democrats use crime, chaos and illegal immigrants - “so Democrats can create a permanent one-party state.”

Perverting young children with sex talks and even sex changes, men using the little girl’s bathroom and running over women in sports, high crime and chaos, children dying from stray bullets??? Find out how many of the white liberal leftist Democrats that support these insanities…also subject themselves and their families to the horrors that come with these immoralities.

Mississippi Today won’t even locate in Jackson. “Crime, chaos, and horrors for thee, but not for me.”

Anonymous said...

Mississippi Today is pretty open about where it gets its money.

Their 990 says otherwise. Try again.

Anonymous said...

If an "anti-racist, white-supremacy crusade" was ever needed, Mississippi would be ground zero....and I'm a hard core Conservative. True leaders are needed to bring us together because of our common virtues, not our differences.

Mississippi Today does publish some ridiculous, left leaning stuff - but Mississippi is without a doubt at least 100 years behind the nation, culturally speaking - which translates to why it's 50th in almost everything. It's still governed by old, white, men and women who quietly long for, and support the Old Miss'.....in another 30-40 years they will be all dead or without any influence no matter their lineage - the white haven that Oxford has become will actually evolve into a cosmopolitan hamlet with wonderful properties at fire sale prices.

At least Mississippi Today does address a great deal of the old south corruption that is a fact - and those corrupt ones all know it, while winking and nodding at each other on Sundays as they turn to page 245 of their Hymnals.

Macy said...

KF, I do think that you should post a written guideline for which comments that you will not approve. There is some cloak and dagger with your eye in the sky control of your site's comments section. I get that it's your site. But it is a public forum, too.

Anonymous said...

Can’t wait to read the headlines: Study Shows Racism Is Leading Cause Of Crime In Jackson; Experts Agree Lumumba Has Accomplished More Than All Jackson Mayors Combined; Brett Favre And Tate Reeves Plot To Destroy Jackson.

Anonymous said...

Why didn’t I receive this invitation

Anonymous said...

Boy, I bet that was a gathering of so-called do-gooders who felt better about themselves for just showing up.

Christian Nationalist said...

But it is a public forum, too.

Nope. It is a private business free to decide what to pub and what to not.

Anonymous said...

Who was this invitation sent to? Oct 30 is over.

Anonymous said...

The Clarion Ledger, for many years, was a part every morning. Eating breakfast and reading the paper. Slowly, it became less and less of a local paper, very little local news. They slowly increased the price to unaffordable, $2.50/day. Had to say good bye to an old friend. I’m am thankful for this and other forums and publications where I can somewhat read up on things, and occasionally comment.

Anonymous said...

No one is forcing anyone to read or watch things with which you do not agree, like, enjoy, or wish to read. If you do not like the content of Mississippi Today, JJ, or whatever else, find websites you do like and go to and read those.

Anonymous said...

This has already been tried and has failed. It was called the Jackson Free Press. No education in second kick etc. It is a supreme waste of Anna Wolfe’s talent. She must be being paid a lot.

Anonymous said...

They are totally legends in their own minds.

Anonymous said...

So what Mississippi Today is saying is that the ass-kissing coverage the mayor gets from the Clarion Ledger, the Mississippi Free Press & WLBT isn't nearly enough. The proposed Jackson Today seems like an election ploy to reelect the mayor.

Anonymous said...

Macy is an example of the very ill-informed in how the world actually works. Entitlement, entitlement, entitlement. It's not fair!
Please Macy - Grow the hell up.

Anonymous said...

8:26 declares, "I'm a hard core Conservative" and then writes 500 words straight out of the AOC-Ilhan Omar handbook.

Anonymous said...

11/3 12:01 PM, you nailed it on the head. Very smart observation.

Macy Hanson said...

I expressed my opinion on a proposed improvement to the blog. I never said it's not private property. You fool. Public forum merely means place where the public interacts. You're so eager to be snarky.

Anonymous said...

He can't do that, Macy. He doesn't know from one hour to the next which setting on his radar will be implemented.

Unlike OCD, the malady is rife with uncertainty and inconsistency.

You and I can just stand by for the 'Get Your Own Damned Blog' crowd.

Anonymous said...

You can be a Conservative and still see objective fact. Mississippi's power structure is racist as hell and you know it. Good ole' boys/girls abound.

Anonymous said...

I wonder if they left the gates to the neighborhood open for the event or gave out the code?

Anonymous said...

“ Watching extremely rich people like Elon Musk, Peter Theil, Bill Ackman, etc. choose honor, high moral character and this countries future”

Hahahahahahahahahahaha………HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

These billionaires are bankrolling the most immoral, dishonest, self-serving scumbag to ever disgrace American politics so that he will sign off on making sure they don’t have to pay taxes ever again. But yeah, vote Trump because of his sparkling moral character.

Anonymous said...

“These billionaires are bankrolling the most immoral, dishonest, self-serving scumbag to ever disgrace American politics”, didn't you get the memo that Biden has been replaced by Harris?

Anonymous said...

Will it be called “Everything and Everyone in Mississippi is Racist!”? If I could have everyone in the state go to other states, territories, and countries, you’ll find the same thing that happens in MS from all different races and cultures. When you see “MS is 50th in this or that” please look who’s putting that out there and also why certain states are always at the top, but for some reason when you actually get off the interwebs and go there you find that it’s not as great as they make it out to be. Everything’s slanted for a reason.

Wow said...

We will see. Anna Wolfe does in-depth work, but she also has a clear bias. More coverage and accountability for our city and what is going on will not hurt.

Kingfish said...

Mississippi Today's Bobby Harrison blamed Jackson's murder rate on, wait for it, Republicans, a couple of years ago. Well, he's never been that bright. MT also covered up the truth about Jackson's water system. Was more interested in pushing a white flight narrative than telling the truth about what happened so it covered up the truth.

Anonymous said...

Reading KF’s 4:50 PM post makes it even more, beyond disappointing, to learn that Jim Barksdale, the man that took on and beat Bill Gates, connects himself with the likes of convict Dickie Scruggs, and raises money to distribute leftist propaganda lies.


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