Dear Clarion Ledger, (yeah, I know you're reading this),...

[Resolved]

You are a chickin **** rag of a newspaper. At least 3 people told me of the impending letter to UM weeks before it was revealed by Yahoo Sports. Yet your worthless reporters knew nothing about it? You were scooped by a national news organization on the biggest sports story of the year IN YOUR OWN BACK YARD. You are either incompetent, lazy, or scared of the bears. My guess is all three. What's that? You don't have a beat writer at UM? WELL NEITHER DOES YAHOO SPORTS! Do us a favor, ask someone other than Bjerk what's going on. Dig a little deeper. C'mon, you can do it. Grow some balls.

I am saddened by the fall of your newspaper and its readership. I used to look forward to reading R Cleveland's articles, and Bobby's hunting articles, but now I just leave it lying in my driveway, getting all yellow and wet, until my wife throws it in the trash.

You have one more chance to redeem yourself. Investigate this **** at Ole Miss. Your other choice is to become a forgotten relic of the printed page.

 

[DAWG61]

Clarion Ledger is out of chances. That ******** newspaper needs to burn to the ground. Pave it and put a MSU Adidas **** TSUN store in its place.

 

[mount lefroy]

You are a chickin **** rag of a newspaper. At least 3 people told me of the impending letter to UM weeks before it was revealed by Yahoo Sports. Yet your worthless reporters knew nothing about it? You were scooped by a national news organization on the biggest sports story of the year IN YOUR OWN BACK YARD. You are either incompetent, lazy, or scared of the bears. My guess is all three. What's that? You don't have a beat writer at UM? WELL NEITHER DOES YAHOO SPORTS! Do us a favor, ask someone other than Bjerk what's going on. Dig a little deeper. C'mon, you can do it. Grow some balls.

I am saddened by the fall of your newspaper and its readership. I used to look forward to reading R Cleveland's articles, and Bobby's hunting articles, but now I just leave it lying in my driveway, getting all yellow and wet, until my wife throws it in the trash..

They have been owned by the hederman bros and will always be in the pocket of om.

So what if they thrive or they fall? We have the info at our disposal to disregard them.

 

[KeyserSoze1999]

The Clarion Ledger's complete devotion to Ole Miss their and concealment of the truth like this used to be just reserved for USA Presidents.

I am old enough to remember the "Star Wars" program that Ronald Reagan talked of in the 1980's---it was a pure ******** bluff to fake out and bankrupt the Russians. Even back then I knew it was a bluff, Hell it was called STAR WARS just like the movies. But the media reported it like it was 100% gospel.

In the 1940's all media photographers agreed to take pictures of FDR sitting with our allies, Churchill and Stalin. They photographed him this way to hide the fact that he had Polio and was in a wheelchair from the American people.

And frankly the Ole Miss story was suppressed to allow Ole Miss the opportunity to sign a Top 5 class and I would not at all be surprised if sportswriters were paid for this or given perks like upgraded media passes and other privileges.

 

[ShrubDog]

The Clarion Ledger's complete devotion to Ole Miss their and concealment of the truth like this used to be just reserved for USA Presidents.

I am old enough to remember the "Star Wars" program that Ronald Reagan talked of in the 1980's---it was a pure ******** bluff to fake out and bankrupt the Russians. Even back then I knew it was a bluff, Hell it was called STAR WARS just like the movies. But the media reported it like it was 100% gospel.

There has been some very interesting shady behind the scenes work in this state that involves some media outlets. The dismantling of WLBT by the FCC was illegal per some experts. Its a case that has never happened again in US history. The FCC took away WLBT's broadcasting license because they were not giving a certain demographics fair air time. Then it was handed over to the opposition. The book Changing Stations is a good read. However, there has been some segments on the History Channel on this and it is wrongly told. I know because the man in the cross hairs was close to my family and was like my grandfather. Heck I called him grandpa.

So all this crap with the Clarion Ledger seems like they are not giving a certain demographic equal and fair coverage. The Clarion Ledger seems to have a dark side but I dont know enough details about them to make any substantial comments.

Today is Ronald Reagan's birthday and was a good president(Im not implying you think any differently). The Strategic Defense Initiative was born in 1983 then became known as Star Wars. This was not a bluff and lots of programs spawned out of this program.

 

[Shmuley]

Since we're on this subject, I think it's high time state folks rise up against the Steve Davenport consortium of black bear mouthpieces that are controlling the media spin. And the C Spire ******** that feed into the black bear recruiting juggernaut narrative.

 

[thatsbaseball]

Super Talk makes the CL look un-biased. Paul Gallo is absolutely awful along with the rest of those clowns.

 

[xxxWalkTheDawg]

And everyone that fusses about the C-L yet still cut a check to receive it raise your hand.

 

[KeyserSoze1999]

Hell no! I wouldn't even paper train my dog on the Clarion Ledger.

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[Resolved]

In no way am I a "Clarion Ledger conspiracy" guy. I don't think they're smart enough to do that.

 

[Lucky Dawg]

but now I just leave it lying in my driveway, getting all yellow and wet, until my wife throws it in the trash.

I agree with your assessment, but you still pay for a subscription and then throw it in the trash? That'll show em. Cancel the sub.

 

[kendrickjohnson]

I don't see why anyone subscribes to the garbage CL. If you really want to read the crap, go online. Everything is free if you use the incognito or private mode of your browser.

 

[sandwolf.sixpack]

In no way am I a "Clarion Ledger conspiracy" guy.

I wouldn't say that there is a conspiracy, but I would say that their is a clear bias....and seeing as how they have the state's primary journalism school, that really isn't all that surprising.

If you have read the "Steve Robertson going scorched earth" post, you saw how they responded to him when he sent them information about the OM/NCAA situation.....

For reasons unknown to me, the in-state media by and large has elected to take a pass on this important news story. Most of them have essentially walked in lock step with the talking points of the Ole Miss narrative without question.

I tried in vain twice to pass this story along to the Clarion Ledger, because I felt it was really more in their scope of journalism. They had little interest in the story despite the facts. I was recently told that they simply "had too much on their plate". The state's largest newspaper with all of their resources was too busy.

Considering that response to Steve, and the way they have approached OM's current situation compared to the way that they have approached similar situations involving State.....it's not hard to make the case that the people that run that newspaper have a clear OM bias.

 

[Digging dog]

I would end up with an opioid type constipation without a paper in the morning****

 

[GhostOfJackie]

It seems to me that the Clarion Ledger is digging their own graves with all of this. At least half of our state is MSU fans and that has to encompass a large portion of their readership. It would seem reasonable to me that they would address the situation and try to change it rather than simply ignore it. It must not be affecting their bottom line too much or they would already have addressed it. Maybe if some of you old timers would stop paying them we would see a difference.

With that said, do people actually still pay for it? Who are all of these people? Do they know it's free online in private browsing?

 

[codeDawg]

The CL could give two damns about subscribers. The number of people willing to subscribe / unsubscribe / raise hell over MSU or Ole Miss doesn't matter in the scheme of things.

Papers do however listen to and react to the whims of their advertisers. Ad money is the only revenue that matters. If a an advertiser noted how expendable the CL was in his or her traditional media budget, the CL would probably react exactly the way they have. It wouldn't take the risk of losing many dollars to affect the decisions of a business that is struggling like the CL.

 

[codeDawg]

it's not hard to make the case that the people that run that newspaper have a clear OM bias.

Or that the people whose discretionary spending constitute a large part of the paper's revenue (advertising) are vocal about what should be and what should not be in the paper.

 

[Junction John]

hey hey HEY NOW... Be cool.

I don't see why anyone subscribes to the garbage CL. If you really want to read the crap, go online. Everything is free if you use the incognito or private mode of your browser.

Let's just keep that nugget to ourselves, shall we??

 

[rugbdawg]

C-Spire has at least one high level Dawg. He was a fraternity brother of my dad at state.

 

[maroonmania]

In no way am I a "Clarion Ledger conspiracy" guy. I don't think they're smart enough to do that.

Given Riley Blevins was basically run out of town on a rail for reporting negative news on OM, its much more of a FACT than it is a conspiracy. Conspiracies are something that folks at least try to keep hidden. The protection of all things OM by the CL isn't really something being hidden at this point.