Jewish Journal’s Brad E. Greenberg writes:
Lashon hara is Hebrew for "evil tongue," which I imagine looks something like a serpent’s. It is forbidden in Judaism not just to gossip, but to say anything that might hurt another person, even if true. That is why working in the Jewish media — yes that is different than MSM — demands a delicate dance. It seems secular newspapers, however, are concerned about lashon hara as well. (That is an over-generalization; journalists are very good at them.)
The hottest story in LA right now is the rockstar mayor’s failed marriage. Though the LA Daily News recovered nicely this week by being the first to identify TV newscaster Mirthala Salinas as the vixen who sparked Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s divorce, the paper never published this story by Tony Castro, filed in mid-January, that revealed the mayor hadn’t worn his wedding ring since at least September and hadn’t been seen with his wife since before then.
