Dumb Question: Is Kamala Harris 'A Sequel to Ronald Reagan'?

March 3rd, 2019 11:04 PM
From the Dumb Questions Department, there was this headline in the Los Angeles Times: "In Kamala Harris, a sequel to Ronald Reagan?" Obviously, a sequel suggests more of the same, not the exact opposite. It's like asking if Green Book is a sequel to Star Wars.

LA Times Smears Former California Gov. Pete Wilson Over Immigration

March 28th, 2017 8:47 PM
The appearance of a March 23 portrayal of former California Governor Pete Wilson at the Los Angeles Times, though probably coincidental, is quite serendipitous. Six days after the alleged rape at a Maryland high school of a 14 year-old freshman girl at the hands of two late-teen classmates in the U.S. illegally, Times writer Mark Z. Barabak went after Wilson for his support of that state's…

LAT Muzzled Edwards Scandal Last Summer, Yet Revels in Sanford Affair

June 25th, 2009 12:18 PM
Last July, when news first surfaced that Democrat John Edwards was reportedly having an affair, an editor at the Los Angeles Times forcefully instructed the staff not to report the story "until further notified." (The Times finally got around to tepidly reporting the scandal weeks later.)Now take a look at today's Times. A huge color photo plasters the top of the front page. The large headline is…