http://independentsources.com/2006/02/24/ferarri-crash-redondo-beach-not-malibu/ Independent thinking about California Politics, Hot Bikini Clad Teachers (Erica Chevillar), Topless Teachers (Tamara Hoover), Hot French Newscaster Melissa Theuriau, Katie Rees & the LA Times Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:45:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 http://independentsources.com/2006/02/24/ferarri-crash-redondo-beach-not-malibu/#comment-8578 A Senior Administration Official Sat, 25 Feb 2006 07:46:33 +0000 http://independentsources.com/2006/02/24/ferarri-crash-redondo-beach-not-malibu/#comment-8578 Gosh, in most places a $200k car going airborne into a house would have rated a paragraph or so ... but the <i>Times</i> has pulled back to its Westside base so much that vast portions of Southern California may as well not exist. The $1m Malibu car crash likely piqued the <i>Times'</i> interest in the first place because they thought they might lose a customer. Gosh, in most places a $200k car going airborne into a house would have rated a paragraph or so … but the Times has pulled back to its Westside base so much that vast portions of Southern California may as well not exist. The $1m Malibu car crash likely piqued the Times’ interest in the first place because they thought they might lose a customer.

]]> http://independentsources.com/2006/02/24/ferarri-crash-redondo-beach-not-malibu/#comment-8561 Thomas Fri, 24 Feb 2006 22:59:59 +0000 http://independentsources.com/2006/02/24/ferarri-crash-redondo-beach-not-malibu/#comment-8561 Wait, the Times should start covering every car crash with high speeds? Seriously? The reason the Times covered the Enzo crash was for the reasons you cited and more: Millionaire owner, million dollar car, mystery explanation of crash, interesting Sheriff's quotes. These are the things that make the story newsy. What's so great about this story? If you tracked every Porsche/Ferrari/M-B600SL/etc crash in SoCal, you'd have a story every day. Snooooooze. It's the details of the Malibu story that make it interesting. This one is just another crash. The Times doesn't miss the mark, you do. Wait, the Times should start covering every car crash with high speeds? Seriously? The reason the Times covered the Enzo crash was for the reasons you cited and more: Millionaire owner, million dollar car, mystery explanation of crash, interesting Sheriff’s quotes. These are the things that make the story newsy. What’s so great about this story? If you tracked every Porsche/Ferrari/M-B600SL/etc crash in SoCal, you’d have a story every day. Snooooooze. It’s the details of the Malibu story that make it interesting. This one is just another crash. The Times doesn’t miss the mark, you do.

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