Independent Sources posted five critiques of the Los Angeles Times in a span of 48 hours. Independent Sources is either a little tired of dinner-hour calls from the paper’s telemarketers or perhaps it was just a run of shoddy, biased reporting that prompted the posts. Either way, the critiques were flowing:
LAT Columnist Prefers Presidents that are Fat and Undisciplined
Jonathan Chait’s Times op-ed “The (over)exercise of power” stated that he thought President Bush’s discipline of getting regular exercise and encouraging others to do so were “creepy.” Given the state of obesity in the nation, if anything is creepy it’s Chait’s over-wrought bias that has him deriding physical fitness. Independent Sources even offered to help Mr. Chait find the time in his busy day to work-out just like the President.
Does The LA Times’ Content Make Its Circulation Problem Better, Or Worse?
A timely hat tip to LA Observed for finding outgoing Times editor’s remark that the political right might disagree the paper’s reporting has stemmed the loss of readers. He’s got that right, we disagree.
LAT Says I’m Sorry You Think I Said Something Wrong
A hat tip to Patterico who noted the LAT practice of burying their corrections in places where readers of the original stories won’t necessarily see them.
Our Offer: You Get To Be A Guest Blogger At Independent Sources, We Get To Be Wrong In The NYT
A hat tip to Mickey Kaus for busting Swati Pandey for a month-old New York Times op-ed that stated that Pakistani madrassas do not breed terrorists. (Given the events of this week, we think its clear that you are wrong on that one Swati). Prior to Mr. Kaus report, Independent Sources had noted on several occasions what they considered her superficial and incorrect research.
LA Times Uses Psychic Powers to Decide ‘Wife of Nominee Holds Strong Antiabortion Views’ (And They May Be Wrong, Too)
A scathing analysis of Richard Serrano’s “Wife of Nominee Holds Strong Antiabortion Views,” which according to Independent Sources should never have been printed. Independent Sources also noted that the paper failed to show what her views actually are or why they are relevant to the debate over her husband’s nomination to the Supreme Court.
Okay, enough of the dour analysis of all things LA Times. Just to show you that they have a sense of humor, Independent Sources made a list of the 23 best headlines (and then more headlines) in the blogosphere from the maelstrom resulting from a San Bernardino sociologist’s public suggestion to incorporate Ebonics into school curriculum. While the subject matter (essentially surrendering African American children to mediocracy) is anything but funny, at least bloggers brought a little sense of humor to the headlines. For a serious discussion on the topic, check out…
Finally, and most importantly a hat tip to Justene, Boi From Troy, Little Miss Attila and all of the other people who worked to make the Bear Flag League Conference was a success. Here are a few of the many roundups from BFL members: Democracy Market, Log Cabin Republicans, Baldilocks, Big Ideas 4 LA, Local Liberty, Dafydd, Darleen’s Place, Patterico, Flap, and Right on the Beach to name a few. (Yikes! Am I the only person who didn’t post a round-up?)
Update: Independent Sources just posted an article praising (yes, praising) an LAT article on the London subway shooting compared to the treatment of the same incident by the NYT. Read the quoted passages from each paper and make your own conclusion.
Posted by insider at July 23, 2005 05:21 PM | TrackBackI didn;t do a roundup either. I spend most of my blog time fixing the comments. Working now.
Posted by: Justene at July 24, 2005 03:47 PM (Permalink)