LA Times employee follows Michael Hiltzik’s foolish footsteps and fails to erase them as well
A commenter called “Masha” left this nice message on Patterico’s blog today:
If it were up to you, I’d know nothing but your idiotic propaganda. You’re all worse than Pravda.
Guess where Masha works? Yep, the Los Angeles Times. What’s next, fish […]
Cathy Seipp is reporting in her blog that the LA Times is investigating Hiltzik’s work in general for other signs of dishonesty.
This would include is regular Business section column, which we’ve critiqued from a story selection perspective but never for ethical transgressions.
The enormously negative reaction to the revelations about Hiltzik’s actions have gotten some […]
Here (h/t: LA Observed).
But not in the LAT! Insider reports it’s on p2 of the LAT print edition front section: “They put the same text that was on the website about the blog being pulled and the investigation on page 2 of the Front page section. They did not assign a writer or add provide […]
What to do about Michael Hiltzik?
I hope that as editors at the Los Angeles Times ponder that question, they are able to isolate Hiltzik’s act from the medium, and not retreat from their (limited) efforts to a create more interactive news organization.
Hiltzik’s self-promoting pseudonymous comments crossed a line — but as his angry anti-Patterico screed […]
Does anyone else think it’s funny that Michael Hiltzik once got disciplined for logging into other people’s email accounts and reading their mail?
Patterico’s post unmasking Michael Hiltzik’s deceptive comments at Patterico’s Pontifications — and here at Independent Sources — mentioned an earlier incident where Hiltzik assumed someone else’s identity. Here’s more:
Reporter Disciplined for Reading His […]
… and it all started with a comment on this blog (here; analysis here).
With Patterico’s evidence presumably in hand, the Los Angeles Times has given Michael Hiltzik’s Golden State blog a time out:
Notice from the Editors
The Times has suspended Michael Hiltzik’s Golden State blog on latimes.com. Hiltzik admitted Thursday that he posted items on the […]
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(click on post title, or here, for the rest)UpdateThe Los Angeles Times blog that Michael Hiltzik blogs has been taken down for violation of Times’ ethics guidelines. In part because Mr. Hiltzik did not identify himself when on Independent Sources and in fact denied being him when confronted.
Update: It is back up but without the post where he admits/defends what he did and […]
One suggested caption is “Another reason why money is good to have.”
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)While certainly not as widely-held as the nutty beliefs revolving 9/11, fluoride in the water, or the Illuminati, there has been a belief in certain circles that since the American Dental Assn. holds patents on mercury amalgam fillings, they downplay the dangers of mercury fillings and government gets to enjoy the side benefit of yet […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)A former Japanese soldier was found in Ukraine and hopes to reunite with his family that last saw him when he left to go fight World War II. The 83 year old wasn’t found on some island still believing the war was raging but it is still amazing nonetheless.
Ishinosuke Uwano said that the government of […]
Disgruntled commenter “nofanofcablecos” thinks we violated our privacy policy when Insider surmised that he was really the Los Angeles Times‘ Michael Hiltzik.
(long post … click on “Read the rest of this entry” for the rest )
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(click on post title, or here, for the rest)A reader sent us this photo which they claim was taken just before the Ferrari Enzo crash in Malibu.
Okay, the photo is not authentic but it is a good excuse for us to update you on the our least favorite grand theft auto embezzler Stefan Eriksson. Eriksson was finally charged with some of the crimes […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)Carson High School was one of two schools in the Los Angeles area to be selected to be part of a highly-touted reform program that comes with a $1.5m grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant is part of a development program created by researchers at Johns Hopkins University that has shown […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)Is the Los Angeles Times‘ Michael Hiltzik censoring Patterico (here, here)? Or just not allowing links in comments? Check back tomorrow for the answer!
Update, Tuesday Evening 4/18: Looks like it’s selective moderation!
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Meanwhile, we had some comments by a person we strongly believe to be Hiltzik using the nom de comment Nofanofcablecos here. Nothing is more […]
