Jackson Jambalaya

tl;dl

I listened to most of this, but may have missed what interests me most about local - & WAPT specifically
Why does it's newscasts contain a disproportionate amount of national news, or canned, generic newsfeeds that may be amusing but have no local news angles. We have national & worldwide resources channels that deliver their news 24/7 - I want local news ONLY when I watch WAPT. If it gets 300 to 500 e-mails daily, & 20% are local news tips, why aren't there more local stories? I could care less about "Take a Look at This" feature crap supplied by the networks. Give me LOCAL news.

The assignment editor for wapt these days is Mary Grace Eppes, a left-wing radical. She used to work for wlbt and you can see her influence on just how radical both stations have become.

So...If I here both of you correctly (what happened to the third post?) WAPT and probably other locals have drifted off to SEA just like the Clarion Ledger. Is that about it?

It's bad enough that we still are subjected to Magnolia Wade and Howard Belieu for the past 27 years.

Agree with 2:08. Have found that the 3 customary news channels are all spouting leftist garbage; after the biden afghanistan catastrophe turned on the local news to find that they were sympathetic to that particular moron (the eff-biden one) and turned it off.

Have since found a great way to save 29.5 or so minutes per day and not listen to car ads: pull up the website on telephone and scan their "news"; takes about 30 seconds, including reading the articles. And does allow watching Gutfeld on fox.

C.J. Lemaster on WLBT seems to provide the best news and insight.
A search for "jackson homicides on wlbt" brings one to the site he maintains, which is very telling. Homicides in jackson are over 10 times as frequent as Austin, Texas, a town more than 10 times as large but without lamumba, or talliafarro If that is his name, as "mayor".

" Why does it's newscasts contain a disproportionate amount of national news, or canned, generic newsfeeds that may be amusing but have no local news angles. I could care less about "Take a Look at This" feature crap supplied by the networks. Give me LOCAL news.
September 19, 2021 at 2:08 PM "

You're not alone 2:08.

You and I grew up with real local news, no matter how mundane.
But those days are gone forever.
And it's not just WAPT.

Same applies to WLBT & WJTV.
They all do as they're told.

Hell, this morning ... the lead story on ABC and their local WAPT affiliate was the same feed about VP Kamala Harris tossing the coin
at some insignificant football game, followed by a
"human interest story" about saving a cow stuck in a fence somewhere
in Ohio.

Then the pretty lil' weather girl makes a big deal because it's raining at the I-20 Bovina exit.

(Excuse me, rain is now called a "down pour").

20 minutes into the broadcast, the morning anchor smiles into the camera and alludes to a possible officer involved shooting at a motel
on I-55 North ????

So much for local news making headlines.

The days of Bert Case, Dick Miller, Augie File, crazy Bob Neblett, and the legendary Woodie Assaf are gone forever.

@6:12
Only a boomer would actually believe that those names you mentioned weren’t also giving you the propaganda of that era.

2:08
I agree with your comments exactly... case in point this afternoon @ 530 (Sunday)
MEGAN began with the story on Gabby (the missing girl), That abc had covered completely a few minutes earlier!
I find Scott Simmons one of the FEW that has roots here ( Bob Rall & Al Simmons on wsli)
However, some of his( Scotts) material leans to the LEFT TOO. Most all the others have resumes out all over the country & are just waiting to get out!

Complete agreement about desire for local news vs natl feed
Correct about Mary Grace ... a dime but a lost prog
CJ does good investigative stuff but if you look at his twitter likes and replies you discover he too is liberal.
Anthony Warren is doing good stuff.
JTV is prolly best on local focus.

Just like dropping that worthless rag of a newspaper (C-L) years ago, I stopped watching the local news a long time ago. Those are two of the best decisions I've ever made.

The last of "local news" died when Frank Milton left the medium. Now all you get is fluff and leftist propaganda. Explains why our "Conservative" Gov. hasn't stopped vaccine mandates in his own state. He's a useful tool ! If he wasn't then he would follow his fellow Governors and done the right thing. For the sake of life, liberty and happiness. He doesn't believe in these things. He just claims to.

Enjoyed the show. Also you And Clay did a good job Friday as well.