From the Quill
Ramblings and rumblings from Mississippi writers of late…
Patsy Brumfield of the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal in Tupelo: “It seems some members of our City Council have been meeting in private to talk about, well who knows what — no one from the public was there to know.”
Mark Thornton, editor of The Star-Herald in Kosciusko: “Would you want to know about a rash of burglaries in your neighborhood? Or a series of purse-snatchings at a local shopping center? Or a rapist stalking a certain area of your city? Of course you would.”
Tim Kalich, editor of The Greenwood Commonwealth: “It was a terrific letter, just the kind that drives up the readership of (the editorial) page. It was about a controversial local subject, written by a local person. The writer was taking a potentially unpopular stand, and she was speaking with conviction…It was a good letter. It was, unfortunately, also a dishonest one.”
Charlie Mitchell, managing editor of The Vicksburg Post: “Whenever I get ready to return to Vicksburg from anyplace north of Memphis, I often say something like, ‘I need to get back to a place where people don’t have accents.’ That quip isn’t particularly funny, but may help make a point about a topic close to my heart: media bias.’