Comments on: L.A. Times Refuses to Correct Phony Accusation Against Bush

By: cmsmith

cmsmith — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:52:18 +0000

The snide assertion - “…the underling who took the fall for him…” - with the statement attributed to Dick Cheney is bad enough to warrant a complaint, too.

And, as Karl Rove said of his “rap song”, he was trapped in the position of either appearing a fool or a bad sport.

By: Bradley J Fikes

Bradley J Fikes — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:47:04 +0000

Zell should stop cursing and start firing.

By: JRM

JRM — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:16:40 +0000

Wow. Sad, annoying story.

It was designed to be a humor piece, but when Dave Barry said he was not making things up, he was not making things up. This probably started as a good-faith error, and they just want to ignore the fact that it was error. That’s not a good sign.

–JRM

By: Mike K

Mike K — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:56:07 +0000

Zell has already opened the bazaar to sell off the Tribune assets. The Times can’t be far behind. I could see an internet company picking them up for access to the archives for a search engine, sort of the way Ted Turner bought MGM’s vaults for his movie channel.

By: NeoconNews.com

NeoconNews.com — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:30:33 +0000

So we free to consider anything in the L.A. Times parody now? Good to know.

By: aunursa

aunursa — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:05:29 +0000

One of the eternal conundrums:

To whom do you go for help when you have a problem with an ombudsman?

By: Amphipolis

Amphipolis — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:52:00 +0000

They believe that what they print is true - true meaning that which most people believe, or should believe. What actually happened in the past is irrelevant, they are not sure if actuality even exists or can be determined.

There is a philosophical difference here. The reasons they do it don’t make sense to you, but your harping on the actual doesn’t make sense to them. In their world, they determine what is real, not you. That’s what they do, that’s what they have done without question for years - ask the guy on the street about the Tet Offensive and you will see what I mean. It’s not about your idea of honesty because your honesty presupposes an absolute truth. People will honestly believe what they are told.

By: AMac

AMac — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:22:41 +0000

Last month, the LAT’s ugly stepsister reassigned its Public Editor to other duties, correctly if silently acknowledging the worthlessness of the concept.

I read that Reader’s Rep Jamie Gold’s position is to be made redundant in the same manner.

Oh–actually, that last sentence was a palindrome. Anything for a laugh!

Perhaps she has developed a taste for the turkey roll that Tim Blair serves with such gusto.

By: PCD

PCD — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:17:45 +0000

Where can we contact the new owners? Maybe they ought to be told if they can’t bring themselves to fire the entire editorial staff, that they’d better start looking for a buyer of this molding turkey.

By: no one you know

no one you know — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:43:53 +0000

So. Obtuse arrogance it is, then.

I hate liars.