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Category Archives: Los Angeles Times
More Layoffs, Please XVIII
Mickey Kaus writes: The Enquirer has indeed already moved on to the Edwards "coverup." Their latest issue alleges: John Edwards’ mistress, Rielle Hunter – the mother of his "love child" – has been secretly receiving $15,000 a month as part … Continue reading
Posted in Adultery, John Edwards, Los Angeles Times, Mickey Kaus
Tagged John Edwards, love child, metro desk, Mickey Kaus, national enquirer, presidential contender
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The John Edwards Story: Another Black Eye For The LA Times
These clowns can’t get out of their own way. It’s so satisfying to see this arrogant institution humbled. Kevin Roderick reports: Executive editor Meredith Artley of the Times website follows up in an email to Times bloggers: From: Artley, Meredith … Continue reading
Posted in Los Angeles Times
Tagged artley, frank dialogue, John Edwards, kevin roderick, latimes, rsquo
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More Layoffs, Please
The Los Angeles Times showed the same reluctance in covering the end of the mayor’s marriage. The National Enquirer for the past decade has been as accurate as the LA Times. I can’t believe that LAT blogging czar Tony Pierce … Continue reading
Posted in John Edwards, Journalism, Los Angeles Times, Rielle Hunter
Tagged gatekeeper model, little buzz, Mickey Kaus, national enquirer, political bloggers, vito fossella
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The Basic Problem With The LA Times — Trying To Sell A National Paper Locally
From Content Bridges: When John [Carroll] and Dean [Baquet, then managing editor, now back at the New York Times] took over, they severely curtailed local reporting. They closed down most of the local zoned offices. They discontinued the Metro section … Continue reading
Posted in Los Angeles Times
Tagged circulation model, editorial model, john puerner, la times, metro section, New York Times
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Time To Go
Los Angeles Times veteran Joel Sappell voices all the familiar cliches in American Journalism Review as he decides to take the buyout and leave the newspaper after 27 years. His piece is utterly without surprise. He just trundles out the … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Los Angeles Times
Tagged american journalism review, legal affairs, linda greenhouse, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, orthodox shuls
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Once Again, The LA Times Schedules Its Book Festival For Passover
Once again, observant Jews won’t be able to attend. As Michael Sonnenschein remarked a few years ago, "Jews don’t read books anyway." Festival website. I’m not bitter. I’ve got guns and religion.
Posted in Los Angeles Times
Tagged la times, michael sonnenschein, observant jews, Passover, quot
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Brady Westwater Tells LA Times Editor Russ Stanton He Has A ‘Serial Fabricator’ On Staff
I videotaped the whole evening. It’s available here. Though Brady Westwater did not say the name of the fabricator (Brady’s word, not mine) publicly, he means reporter Ari B. Bloomekatz who Brady says consistently makes whopping errors and writes from … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Los Angeles Times
Tagged amy alkon, brady, fabricator, ford, gossip column, job, la times, libel suits, luke ford, name tag, negative word, person crowd, quot, russ, sportswriter, stanton, thursday night, westwater
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Sam Zell On My Mind
I was at Starbucks on Pico/Robertson this morning at 7 a.m. and I swear I saw Sam Zell (owner of the LA Times) in his biker gear chatting with a couple of smart middle-aged guys. I didn’t want to interrupt … Continue reading
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Sam Zell Orders All Content Filters Removed From Tribune Computers
For years, Los Angeles Times reporters have complained to me about how their computers were filtered by orders of the Tribune company. Eric Longabardi reports: Well, well … score one for the media boss! It takes a businessman to teach … Continue reading
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