Los Angeles Times
Cameron Diaz Wants Eco-Themed Message in 'Shrek
May 9th, 2007 10:17 PM
Kids and parents love the highly-successful series of “Shrek” movies, starring Cameron Diaz, Mike Myers and many others. “Shrek the Third” opens May 18, and that means the cast is on a promotional tour. Several cast members gave an interview to Michael Ordona for the Tribune Newspapers, which own the Chicago Tribune and the LA Times, and disclosed that “Shrek 4” might continue a relatively…
UMd. Study: RSS Feeds Poorly Designed by Media Outlets, NY Times Among
May 8th, 2007 6:18 PM
A new study by my alma mater, the University of Maryland, looked at the online divisions of 19 major traditional print and broadcast media:... to see
which ones gave the users of their RSS feeds the same number of
stories, the same range of news sources, in as timely a fashion as
could be gotten if those users went to the individual website. The Los Angeles Times, ABCNews.com, and Foxnews.com…
LAT Strikes New Note in Ridiculousness
May 5th, 2007 5:29 AM
Sometimes when you're surfing through the web or watching TV, you come across a story that's so ridiculous it makes you wonder if the reporter who filed it even bothered for a second to think how stupid they sound. That's definitely the case with this piece from Los Angeles Times reporter Tina Daunt:
Ronald Reagan became president even though he worked with chimps in
B movies.
Arnold…
Bin Laden Implicated in Cheney Assassination Attempt, Media Mum
May 4th, 2007 1:13 AM
If a high-ranking member of the Taliban told Al-Jazeera that the recent attempted assassination of Vice President Dick Cheney was devised by Osama bin Laden, would you expect the media to report it?In reality, after this interview, the claim was largely discredited. However, one has to wonder why Mullah Dadullah’s (the believed leader of the Taliban in southern Afghanistan) statement made last…
Outrage? Obama Campaigned In Church, Congregation 'Prayed For Him to B
May 2nd, 2007 11:24 PM
Last month, Los Angeles Times columnist George Skelton likened the Catholic Church in Los Angeles to "an ugly old political attack dog" and suggested that the state legislature reexamine its tax-exempt status for property. Why? Because Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles spoke out during a Mass against a proposed bill in California that would legalize physician-assisted suicide. He also singled…
Harold Ford’s Uncle Convicted, Media Bury Relationship and Party Aff
April 29th, 2007 2:59 PM
Assume for a moment that a prominent Republican’s uncle that happened to be a former state senator was convicted of accepting bribes. Do you think: This would have been headline/front-page newsThe family relationship would have been in the lede and/or headlineHis party affiliation would have been in the lede and/or headline?Well, on Friday, the uncle of former Congressman Harold Ford, Jr. (D),…
