LEFT (8/20)—YP derides @LayneBruce for calling @CAnitaLee1 a great journalist (she is), defines MS "mainstream media" as LB.

RIGHT (8/31)—YP criticizes @GanucheauAdam piece, defines MS "mainstream media" as AG, neglects to mention that LB made exact same point.
In today's hit piece, YP says AG and Mississippi Today have a "prejudice against conservatives, especially Governor Reeves."

AG's prejudice against conservatives is clearly evidenced by *checks notes* his recent, glowing five-part series about Gunn? 🤷‍♂️
As for Tate...am I the only one who remembers how @GanucheauAdam's glowing coverage of Tate in 2019 helped Tate beat Waller and Hood?

Regardless, AG hasn't said anything critical of Tate recently that Supertalk hasn't also said. (Them's not the liberals.)
Moving on from attacking AG for citing Tate for bad behavior by a man who may be from Ohio, YP then attacks @ashtonpittman for citing Trump. Ain't Ohio in America?

YP says MS Free Press with having a "strong bias against conservatives. Is that true?
It sure seems like @ashtonpittman defended Senator Wicker against a fact-free attack by Matt Negrin...
...and recognized a bunch of Republican lawmakers recently for supporting voting rights legislation.
MFP's editor is @DonnerKay.

Tate and Delbert both appointed Brice to chair powerful MS Senate committees. I am struggling to find YP's evidence that Donna is biased against Republicans...
...especially considering that, to the extent Donna does criticize Republicans, she doesn't give Democrats free passes either.
Perhaps YP has a major victimhood complex and cherry-picks examples—defining "mainstream media" as @laynebruce at one point, as @GanucheauAdam or @ashtonpittman at another—ignoring contrary evidence from them and from Supertalk, in order to ordain itself the MS Speech Police?
I mean, if someone should be cited for intentionally misleading news coverage in MS, I would say it's whoever decided to report COVID was "down" in Neshoba when Neshoba had the highest case rate in MS, while MS had the highest case rate in the world. 🤷‍♂️

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☑️ Mail postcards to MSians to ensure everyone knows vaccines are free and where they are available
☑️ Send push-messages to cell phones with public health information about COVID-19
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☑️ Resume holding regular press briefings
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