Category Archives: Journalism

Bloggers Vs. The MSM

I’m going to do an online Dust-Up with KTLA’s Eric Spillman next week for The Los Angeles Times. We will discuss the relative merits of blogging vs. the mainstream media (with particular emphasis on coverage of Antonio Villaraigosa‘s sex life). … Continue reading

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Is this what we can expect from the TMZ TV show?

TabloidBaby reports: We’ve called occasional attention to the crass headlines and writing at TMZ.com, the Time Warner/AOL corporate gossip site that’s headed by Harvey Levin and set to be turned into a syndicated Hollywood infotainment show. Headlines like these from … Continue reading

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Los Angeles Spanish Language News Media Is A Joke

The primary point of my initial (Jan. 29) report on the mayor’s defunct marriage was to highlight L.A.’s lazy news media (particularly The Los Angeles Times). Now that the mayor’s scandal has broken wide open, which news media is the … Continue reading

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A Dialogue With KTLA’s Eric Spillman

Eric replies to me: Luke: No attempt was made to lecture. I have no way of knowing if the Mayor had sex with anyone. I do not know if the Mayor impregnated anyone. The Mayor and Sabrina Kay could be … Continue reading

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Journalistic Ethics

John Bracken blogs: "Did Ford beat professional reporters to the story, or is he, as an amateur, able to push stories that those who subscribe to professional ethics cannot?" What professional ethics? To whom do journalists have ethical obligations? Journalists … Continue reading

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