This is Bad News?
Mar 23rd, 2007 by Mark
Top L.A. Times Opinion Chief quits [link]. Why? Artistic differences? Editorial Differences? No, just a crybaby fit. The Editor has decided that he, and not the Publisher should run the paper.
Los Angeles Times Publisher David D. Hiller’s decision Thursday to scrap a special opinion section to avoid the appearance of an ethical breach triggered the resignation of Editorial Page Editor Andr–s Martinez, who accused the paper’s editor and publisher of overreacting.
Hiller announced early in the day that he would not publish a special Current section — featuring Hollywood producer Brian Grazer as guest editor — because it might appear to some readers that Grazer had an unfair advantage when he was selected.
Here is some of that LAT “quality” writing.
Many reporters and editors in the Times newsroom supported the publisher and editor.
The best part of that non-statement is that it speaks volumes about the internal politics. “Many” reporters and editors? Only “many”? So some just don’t care? Interesting.
“The person in this job needs to have an unimpeachable integrity, and Hiller’s decision amounts to a vote of no confidence in my continued leadership,” Martinez wrote.
Sorry that statement is just laughable. The LAT just does not care about integrity. Too funny.
Tags: Los Angeles Times, L.A. Times, David D. Hiller, Brian Grazer, Andres Martinez