Category Archives: L.A. Times

Obama Flip-Flop on Taxes? Don't Be So Uptight, Says LAT

Posted on 11/16/2010 by Peter Hart

The Los Angeles Times reports today (11/16/10) that Barack Obama might give a tax break to the wealthy after all: Obama has loosened his longstanding view that tax cuts should be extended permanently only for households earning less than $250,000 … Continue reading →

Posted in Barack Obama, L.A. Times, Taxes | 3 Comments

Papers Pick a Midterms Winner: 'Free Trade' Agreements

Posted on 11/09/2010 by Peter Hart

Whatever lesson you want to draw the midterms, the nation's top editorial pages want to make one thing perfectly clear: Now is the time to move on bipartisan, corporate-friendly "free trade" agreements. "A time for free trade," was the Washington … Continue reading →

Posted in Asia, Economy, Election, L.A. Times, New York Times, Washington Post | 9 Comments

Missing From L.A. Times' 'Debate Over Democratic Process': More Than One Viewpoint

Posted on 08/13/2010 by Jim Naureckas

The Los Angeles Times reports today (8/13/10) that the "moral argument" over California's Proposition 8, which banned gay marriages, "has morphed into a debate over the democratic process and the propriety of judges overturning laws approved by voters." It's strange, … Continue reading →

Posted in L.A. Times | 6 Comments

Burqa Ban: Coverage of a Law to 'Free' Women Leaves Them Voiceless

Posted on 07/16/2010 by Alyssa Figueroa

As France's lower house of parliament approved a ban on wearing full-face Islamic veils such as the burqa or niqab, many U.S. news outlets left out a key voice in their reports: the Muslim women in France who are actually … Continue reading →

Posted in CNN, Gender, International, L.A. Times, New York Times, Race, Washington Post | Tagged , | 39 Comments

LAT Film Critic Shouldn't Throw at Stone

Posted on 07/06/2010 by Jim Naureckas

L.A. Times film critic Kenneth Turan (7/2/10), reviewing Oliver Stone's documentary South of the Border, remarks in passing that "a recent piece in the New York Times pointed out numerous errors" in the film's discussion of Latin American politics. Turan … Continue reading →

Posted in L.A. Times, Latin America | Tagged , | 3 Comments

Another Latin American Left President Under Fire?

Posted on 07/02/2010 by Peter Hart

The new Oliver Stone documentary South of the Border israisingawareness of the often shabby U.S. media treatment of Latin America. A recent example is a June 24L.A. Times piece by Alex Renderos headlined "El Salvador President Under Fire." The president … Continue reading →

Posted in L.A. Times, Media Criticism, Polling | Tagged , | 6 Comments

The Downside to Murdoch's Plan to Control Online News

Posted on 08/25/2009 by Jim Naureckas

The problem with Rupert Murdoch's proposal to create an online news consortium, in which major publishers would all band together to put their news content behind pay walls (L.A. Times, 8/21/09), is that it's not illegal to discuss news events … Continue reading →

Posted in First Amendment, L.A. Times, Media Business, Wall Street Journal | Tagged , | 4 Comments