Comments on: NBC names new cop show after crap movie, runs ed-vertisement on LA Times front page for it

By: EL CHAVO!

EL CHAVO! — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 05:55:28 +0000

I love that one story to the side it titled “the writing on the wall”. Oh yes it is.

By: Matt Mason

Matt Mason — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 03:13:25 +0000

When I first saw the ad, I thought, how tacky and what poor journalistic ethics. It’s an old and cheap trick, used on television as well, cosmetically to disguise an ad as a news story. But then I remembered that the L.A. Times is so far past jumping the shark, the whale, and the Loch Ness Monster in so many areas that this latest move didn’t faze me at all. It’s sad when one’s expectations drop so low, and then are met.

By: rdhayes

rdhayes — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 23:47:39 +0000

After some long thought and discussion, I found Southland Tales to be a decent reimagining of Revelation, but it was definitely bogged down by its own obscure references. Too each their own…

By: David Markland

David Markland — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:44:47 +0000

Any government intervention on behalf of journalism is a very, very, very bad thing.

And notice I said “journalism.”

By: Chal Pivik

Chal Pivik — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:00:43 +0000

Actually, to be fair, I like the new front section of LAT that combines the California, national and international sections, in that order. There is a lot more local and state coverage than when the California section was separate. Unfortunately, the national coverage has shrunk drastically, but overall it's a better read for me. And Rosa Brooks, who is sadly leaving LAT but gladly to work in the Obama administration, had a column yesterday giving a reasoned call for a government bail-out of newspapers, setting them up as non-profits and removing them from the clutches of the likes of Zell and Tribune.

By: Jason Burns

Jason Burns — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:53:59 +0000

Whoops. Looks like I need to print a retraction myself.

Apparently, this wasn’t Russ Stanton’s call. It was Times publisher Eddy Hartenstein’s decision to run the ad.

From LAObserved: http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/04/dont_look_now_but_lat_doe.php

By: Jason Burns

Jason Burns — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:44:40 +0000

I read about this last night. I was horrified – but not at all surprised. What a shame that such an institution has come to this. Countless layoffs, less local coverage, and now, fake news.

FAKE NEWS ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES.

Someone should remind Russ Stanton that the whole idea of a newspaper is to report the news. Local, national, world. Simple as that.

The day that Tribune asks for a bailout is the day that I show up at 1st & Spring with a pitchfork and a torch.