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Category Archives: Los Angeles Times
Reporting Shades Of Truth
From LATimes.com: How should media organizations deal with assertions by public figures that they know or strongly suspect to be deceptive? All this week, blogger Luke Ford and KTLA reporter Eric Spillman debate ethics, credibility and high-profile snafus in the … Continue reading
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My Last Two Topics For The L.A. Times
Thursday: How should media organizations deal with assertions by public figures that they know or strongly suspect to be deceptive? Friday: What story has been most screwed up by the mainstream media in the last ten years? What’s been most … Continue reading
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Who makes news that’s fit to print?
I write for the Los Angeles Times Dust-Up: Dear Eric, I want to make a difference. I want to give my readers something they can’t get elsewhere. As a blogger with no love, no life and no money, I must … Continue reading
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The apparent double suicide of Jeremy Blake and Theresa Duncan
Chris Lee writes for The Los Angeles Times: It’s been just eight days since rising art star Jeremy Blake was seen wandering into the ocean off New York’s Rockaway Beach — presumably to his death — a week after he … Continue reading
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Patrick Goldstein’s Column Spiked
Kevin Roderick reports on LAObserved.com: The bug at the bottom of the Calendar front in today’s Los Angeles Times says columnist Patrick Goldstein is on assignment. Not true. His The Big Picture column for Tuesday was killed, apparently by associate … Continue reading
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Not The Mirthala Salinas Story We’ve Been Waiting For
I’ve been blogging that we need a good Mirthala Salinas profile. She’s an interesting, intelligent and scandalous woman. It takes The Los Angeles Times to produce a boring article on her. That required special skill. Why is there no mention … Continue reading
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Religion Vs. Journalism
Joseph Mailander blogs: Times to Church: Drop Dead. In case you missed it, the Church has been bad in recent years. High hypocrisy marks to the LA Times and media in general continuing to ride the molestation juggernaut even on … Continue reading
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Why Must Jews Build Such Big Houses?
From The Los Angeles Times: A clash over huge new homes on average-size lots has divided Valley Village and led to an L.A. ordinance that would limit the size of houses… The proposed split has raised tempers in the community … Continue reading
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The Case Of The Diamond Dildo
Mickey Kaus writes on Slate: It’s just like porn-centric lone L..A. blogger Luke Ford, writing about new arrival David Beckham, to recklessly report: On another occasion, while Victoria was expecting their third child, Beckham spent $1.8 million for a diamond-encrusted … 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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