Patterico’s Pontifications

4/7/2005

He Intended For It To Be Made Public

Filed under: Dog Trainer — Patterico @ 12:42 pm

Remember the Los Angeles Times story about Chico State — the one that had about forty-five gajillion errors? Some of us had wondered what the dude’s writing must look like before it has been massaged by 3-4 experienced Times editors.

The answer is: like this — the reporter’s “apology” for the story.

Be sure to read both versions . . . And then be sure to e-mail him about his handsome BMW GS1100 Paris-Dakar motorcycle.

5 Comments »

  1. Astounding, stupefying. He writes for a living?? Could this be an Andy Kaufman-style hoax??

    Comment by L. Barnes — 4/7/2005 @ 7:47 pm

  2. Astonishingly, GM is withdrawing its advertising from the LAT, for inaccuracies: see:

    http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050408/us_nm/media_gm_latimes_dc

    Comment by Ruth — 4/8/2005 @ 4:38 am

  3. Looks like the L.A. Times has become as bad and the New York Times i mean you cant get worse then this just shows the only good use for this wretched news papers is for bird cage liner

    Comment by night heron — 4/8/2005 @ 6:37 am

  4. I didn’t read his original article as I no longer read the INCREDIBLE SHRINKING LOS ANGLES TIMES, but his “apology” is incoherent, as I read it. Am I missing somthing here???

    RMM

    Comment by Ruritania Militia Member — 4/8/2005 @ 11:43 am

  5. […] 1; and that Slater’s travel records aren’t conclusive. Perhaps he went on his handsome BMW GS1100 Paris-Dakar motorcycle. […]

    Pingback by Patterico's Pontifications » L.A. Times Investigates Its Reporter — 4/14/2005 @ 1:18 pm

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