Comments on: Prediction

By: krazy kagu

krazy kagu — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:29:48 +0000

I wonder how many fewer readers the L.A. Slimes has

By: Bradley J. Fikes

Bradley J. Fikes — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:26:46 +0000

Sam Zell may make the difference here. He certainly knows about the debacle. I expect he will insist on firing Philips and enforcing a meaningful code of ethics at the Times with no anonymous sources.. One positive sign I've noticed is that the LAT apology was so prominently displayed on the Web, and comments were posted diligently. Quite different from the see-no-evil Jamie Gold response.

By: Thefacts

Thefacts — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:35:23 +0000

Pat — Here’s a legal question I’m hoping you can shed some light on. It’s my understanding that the forged FBI 302s were entered into a court file, presumably by Sabatino in one of his jailhouse lawsuits. Does that make them “privileged” under libel law, even if they are fake? And if so, does that affect Combs et al’s chances of winning a libel suit?

By: SPQR

SPQR — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:42:33 +0000

It is amazingly difficult to put together a libel case against a newspaper under US law. It takes some extra effort on the part of the newspaper to expose themselves to liability.

However, the LA Times may have just given us a “how-to” in dropping one’s drawers and asking to be sued for libel.

By: Patricia

Patricia — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:32:42 +0000

I have read some posts commending the Times for apologizing. I read the whole article and think even less of the Times than I did before the apology. They apologized, and IMO will soon fire Phillips, because finally somebody threatened to sue them! Combs’ lawyer demanded they apologize, so they did. I’m sure they demanded Phillips’ head on a platter too.

They simply cannot afford to be sued for financial reasons as well as the reason they don’t want their crooked editorial policies exposed.

By: SPQR

SPQR — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:24:26 +0000

I have a FBI 302 interview with someone high up in Hillary’s campaign stating that Phillips is being considered for the VP slot.

Anonymous sources confirm the that 302 looks like it was typed on the correct size paper.

By: Scott Jacobs

Scott Jacobs — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:03:01 +0000

Seems I’m not the only cynic, Patrick…

By: Amphipolis

Amphipolis — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:30:59 +0000

Pulitzer or no Pulitzer? I thought that kind of reporting was what won the Pulitzer.

By: Dan Rather

Dan Rather — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:29:55 +0000

The documents may be forged, but the story is true!!

By: paul from fl

paul from fl — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:18:30 +0000

Pat-
What faith you have in the Fourth Estates’ Managment! Misplaced faith, I’ll wager. Flap and scandal sells stuff. I wouldn’t be surprised if there is a slap on the wrist and the entire things just fades away.