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Category Archives: Blogging
Blogs: All The News That Fits
Kevin Roderick posts: Today’s Times Opinion section runs another piece proclaiming the blogosphere lacking — this time in factual political reporting. It read to me as if journalism professor Michael Skube wasn’t familiar with the trend toward blogs by political … Continue reading
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L.A. blogs are voice of the people
Joseph Mailander writes in the Daily News: "BLOGS move so quickly that they demand action and accountability," City Council President Eric Garcetti recently told me. "I have learned about fires, hit-and-run accidents and day-to-day constituent concerns on blogs. I have … Continue reading
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Dikla Kadosh Says The Justice Ball Lacked Spice
She writes for the Jewish Journal: Here are some things that could have made the party more palatable: – Friendly and attentive volunteers. More than a few seemed flustered by the lack of organization and therefore were just focused on … Continue reading
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Ken Layne Interviews Mike Davis
MayorSam reports: Los Angeles’ first blogger interviews Los Angeles’ first dystopian writer. In the debut issue of New Angeles (a downtown/eastside monthly), Ken Layne interviews Mike Davis—author of some of my faves, including City of Quartz and Ecology of Fear—on … Continue reading
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The Mexican Mafia
MayorSam reports: Tony Rafael’s debut book, The Mexican Mafia, went on sale last Wednesday. Many Mayor Sam readers already know Rafael as Wally Fay, editor of In The Hat, a popular, long-running expert narrative on Los Angeles gangs, crime, cops, … Continue reading
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I’ve Decided Against Marrying Chayyei Sarah
I’ve been going back and forth about Chayyei eversince June 2004 when she described the Protocols blog I had taken over as a "chillul hashem" (desecration of G-d’s name). Most of what she writes is sweet and brave. She dishes … Continue reading
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Parents’ Ire Grows at Pedophile’s Unabashed Blog
Jennifer Steinhauer writes for the New York Times: LOS ANGELES, July 27 — The search for the self-described pedophile in the large-brimmed black hat commences nearly every day here, with findings posted on chat rooms frequented by mothers. He was … Continue reading
What Ails The MSM
I write for the Los Angeles Times to KTLA reporter Eric Spillman in the last edition of our "Dust-Up": Dear Eric, I expect that in a hundred years people will look back on our dialogue as the great leap forward … Continue reading
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Bloggers Don’t Have To Fit Copy To A Limited Space
Mickey Kaus writes on Slate.com: We don’t kill no widows in these parts: Note to NYT’s Andrew Adam Newman: That’s my quote, buddy–which explains why Steven den Beste, to whom you attribute it, had those two little marks on either … Continue reading
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Bill Boyarsky: ‘The Mayor is cheating … on L.A.’
Boyarsky writes in the Jewish Journal: I was disappointed because he offered hope for uniting a fractious city behind some common goals important to the middle class and poor — the majority of the city’s residents, which includes many Jews … Continue reading
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