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Tag Archives: kevin roderick
Mel Gibson Jumps On KTLA’s Sam Rubin
Around 9 am today, I was watching KTLA. Sam Rubin was tossing some softball questions to Mel Gibson and Gibson just jumped on him. He accused Rubin of a having a dog in the fight about Gibson. Rubin didn’t realize … Continue reading
Posted in Mel Gibson
Tagged golden globes, kevin roderick, ktla morning news, Mel Gibson, ricky gervais, sam rubin
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Hanukkah Lights At LA Live
Kevin Roderick reports on last night’s Lakers victory: "A pre-game rock band from Chabad marked the end of Hanukkah on the plaza at L.A. Live. By game’s end, all evidence of Jewishness was gone and recorded Christmas music blared while … Continue reading
Posted in Chabad
Tagged christmas music, hanukkah lights, kevin roderick, menorah, robert downey, robert downey jr
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I Love LAObserved
I visit the site an average of twice a day, usually before I visit the LA Times and sometimes before I check out Drudge and the NY Times. Kevin Roderick does a superb job of capturing Los Angeles. He has … Continue reading
Posted in LAObserved.com
Tagged drudge, great eye, Jewish Journal, kevin roderick, la times, ny times
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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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Former LAT Reporter Ken Reich Dies
Here’s Kevin Roderick’s post. Here’s my 2005 interview with Ken Reich. Reich admitted at the time that the much lauded Frank Del Olmo (late LAT editor) was no great shakes as a writer, reporter or editor, but he did not want me … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism
Tagged frank del olmo, great shakes, kevin roderick, minority journalists, reich
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There’s A Giant Book Expo In Town
And nobody has invited me to a party. I have no pull. Whatever happened to the power of Luke Ford? I guess I gave it all up for HaShem. I went in 1999. It seemed boring. I walked around. Big … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews
Tagged angel city press, book expo, bookexpo america, california artists, david kipen, edgar award, giant book, hashem, intimate history, joe queenan, kevin roderick, keynote speaker, local publishers, luke ford, michael connelly, new york stinks, publishers weekly, raw egg, red carpet, thomas l friedman
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I Wish I Could’ve Been There
Even after making four major corrections, Frank Girardot still has the most incoherent blog post I’ve ever linked to. Can anyone make sense of this sentence? "I like him because he’s admitted anonymous source and level-headed moderator, especially when the … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism
Tagged anonymous source, bellman, blogger, case law, conspiracy kooks, editorial writer, ethics rules, francke, girardot, kausfiles, kevin roderick, la times, lerner, Mickey Kaus, news staff, pulitzer prize winner, pulitzer prizes, respon, society of professional journalists, technology law, times news
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I’m Live On My Cam!
Click here to join the fun! Kevin Roderick reports: Regarding this afternoon’s item on a shortage of matzoh for Passover, mileages vary: "I noticed the shortage too! I live in a very Jewish neighborhood…..near Pico/Robertson…closer to Pico/Fairfax. At my "ghetto" … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged gelson, grocery stores, jewish family, jewish friends, jewish neighborhood, kevin roderick, local market, manischevitz, matzoh, mileages, Passover, pavillions, quot quot, ralphs, rest of the week, ridicule, Santa Monica, shtetl, water and salt, weho
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