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12/5/2004

L.A. Times Series on MLK Hospital Begins

Filed under: Dog Trainer — Patterico @ 10:18 am

The L.A. Times begins a series on Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center today, with a story titled Deadly errors and politics betray a hospital’s promise.

This is a good example of a newspaper doing an excellent job of in-depth investigation on an important issue. It’s obvious, but bears saying nonetheless: bloggers cannot begin to accomplish something like this. We just don’t have the resources.

There is a reason we need Big Media: to get stories like this. And this one pulls no punches. Nice job. I’m looking forward to the rest.

UPDATE: Captain’s Quarters liked the article too.

10 Comments

  1. Man Bites Steak
    Patterico catches the Dog Trainer actually doing its job.

    Trackback by damnum absque injuria — 12/5/2004 @ 11:17 am

  2. My question is this: is MLK a job farm or a hospital design to save lives?

    Comment by BigFire — 12/5/2004 @ 11:33 am

  3. It is a job farm, that should be obvious. And the fact that Burke, Yaroslavsky and the rest of those clowns are elected for life, they have little incentive to do anything concrete about the problem. The sheep in LA county keep voting them back in, over and over again.

    Comment by the friendly grizzly — 12/6/2004 @ 9:19 am

  4. This story was a real eye opener. To think that most of these problems are swept under the rug with just the threat of labeling someone racist.

    Comment by Mike — 12/6/2004 @ 2:13 pm

  5. But we also need bloggers to pass word of such stories when they are published.

    Comment by Kevin Murphy — 12/6/2004 @ 4:00 pm

  6. I just read part three. I agree, it seems excellent so far.

    I think it’s also an example of where newspapers should concentrate their efforts: local stories. That where they have the resources, time, contacts, and experience to discover and report useful things. This is in contrast to, say, Iraq, where they know nothing more than a well informed blogger, and often less.

    Comment by Bryan C — 12/7/2004 @ 5:03 pm

  7. I used to live a few blocks west of MLK. Thank God I never had to be taken there.

    Comment by Juliette — 12/8/2004 @ 7:38 pm

  8. Blame for Killer King
    The Times’ five-day series on the bad situation at King/Drew Medical Center wraps up with a story by Mitchell Landsberg pointing the finger at African American community politics and reluctance to act by the county Board of Supervisors, especially Yvon…

    Trackback by L.A. Observed — 12/9/2004 @ 11:06 am

  9. Sheesh, Bryan C, even the most informed blogger is still sitting at his desk at home, not dodging bullets in Iraq talking to locals and trying to get a sense from officials there on what’s going on. There’s a difference between reporting and pundritry… you should know that.

    Comment by Doctah — 12/9/2004 @ 12:41 pm

  10. WHAT the LA Times did right
    this year — Dog Trainer” href=”http://patterico.com/archives/003252.php”>Patterico has a run-down. There actually was some excellence at the Times this year. Highlight of the year — the MLK/Drew hospital series. Image…

    Trackback by PRESTOPUNDIT -- "An intense brain-buzz, guaranteed" -- 2blowhards — 12/29/2004 @ 11:01 pm

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