Nofanofcablecos gets his LA Times column back; the return of Michael Hiltzik
For us it started as a comment to this Independent Sources post, and the comment “Boy, you guys are stupid.” It was signed Nofanofcablecos. After a little back and forth we learned that the commenter was none other than Los Angeles Times columnist Michael Hiltzik. Hiltzik had been pissed off at Independent Sources ever since our “It’s None of Your Business”: Only 40% of Hiltzik’s Business Columns Contain Business” and had been open for his contempt of it (and us) in his LA Times sponsored Golden State blog (since taken down).
While using pseudonymous is not uncommon in the blogosphere it is if you are an LA Times reporter and especially if you purposely misrepresent yourself. After an investigation Hiltzik lost his blog and then column and was reprimanded for dishonesty. That was 2006. Evidently 2008 is a completely different manner and perhaps the Zell owned Tribune can’t afford such high ethical standards. Whatever it is, Hiltzik is back.
Read the story of Hiltzik’s return at Patterico’s blog.
Read our full library of posts on Hiltzik here.
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