JLF and Carolina Journal have both been recent topics of discussion on an Asheville Citizen-Times  online bulletin board. For example, CJ
was described as “written in laymen’s terms mostly” and “offsets
reporting in the milktoast mainstream ‘news’ papers.” One contributor
even offered advice to others: “John Hood and the guys who publish it
are extremely intelligent…I urge you to read it voraciously to speed up
your enlightment!” It’s nice to be liked every now and then.