…and Hiltzik is not alone in his breach, Patterico, LA Observed, Media Bistro, Independent Sources and 24,620 or so other blogs or blog postings have violated the published terms of service of the Los Angeles Times web site.
In fact, this very sentence you are reading violates Los Angeles Times web site policy which states:
Links […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)As LA Observed noted, we are not sure what to read into the absence of Michael Hiltzik’s usual business section column but it was not there this morning.
Meanwhile the Hiltzik scandal is spreading with stories in Slate, NYT, and another in Washington Post.
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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 […]
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 […]
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)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 […]
Cathy Seipp readers — see additional information in Update 2 at the bottom of this post.
Patterico points us to Independent Sources nemisis Michael Hiltzik of the Los Angeles Times, who uses precisely two data points to prove to his satisfaction that Hugh Hewitt’s audience is declining — by 20% in two months, according to his […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)The headline is lifted from a thoroughly enjoyable post from Patterico as he skewers Michael Hiltzik’s take on a Costa Mesa program to check the status of illegal immigrants arrested for serious crimes. It is worthy reading.
Technorati Tags: Hiltzik, LA Times, LAT, Los Angeles Times, Michael Hiltzik
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)The Los Angeles Times‘ Tim Rutten doesn’t like the religious right.
That’s not surprising given where he works. But he lets his dislike hang out for all the world to see … in a book review.
In a review of Jon Meacham’s “American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation” — a piece […]
The Los Angeles Times revealed that entertainment industry figures have been subject to a secret listening program that extends back many years.
Operated clandestinely by powerful organizations, the monitoring has targeted the entertainment industy. Those ensnared include Democratic party donors such as actress Sharon Stone.
While proof of direct links to terrorist organizations remains elusive, unsuspecting victims […]
