May 2008 Archives

LAT: Los Angeles County Democratic Party Chairman Eric Bauman and Spence, California Republican Assembly president, debate the issues on the ballot. Spence is a West Covina Unified board member.

There are obviously differences between these categories. Opinions are just that. They don't have to be fair or give the other side or even add context. News is just the facts. Columns can be hybrids of news and analysis. Frank Girardot's column is one example and a new one from reporters Jennifer Mclain and Tania Chatila is another. It's news with an edge. Now it should be clearly marked and the latter wasn't this weekend. That's been fixed on the web at least.

Here. I don't know how useful it is, but it's at least an attempt at open government.

Gazzette: "Richard Todd Davis, CEO of LifeLock Inc., was so confident in his company's ability to protect his identity that he publicly revealed his Social Security number: 457-55-5462.
But according to a new class-action lawsuit filed last week in Jackson County, LifeLock's identity theft protection services were so inept that Davis' personal information was stolen"
-Oops. And apparently his company executives had issues as well. I guess I'll just keep using the shredder and credit reports. The company is now in damage control to counter negative press. Business editor Kevin Smith received the e-mail on the jump.

NYT: "(Jane) Novak has become so well known in Yemen that newspaper editors say they sell more copies if her photograph -- blond and smiling -- is on the cover. Her blog, an outspoken news bulletin on Yemeni affairs, is banned there. The government's allies routinely vilify her in print as an American agent, a Shiite monarchist, a member of Al Qaeda, or "the Zionist Novak.
"The worst of her many offenses is her dogged campaign on behalf of a Yemeni journalist, Abdul Karim al-Khaiwani, who incurred his government's wrath by writing about a bloody rebellion in the far north of the country. He is on trial on sedition charges that could bring the death penalty, with a verdict expected Wednesday."

Pols can still spend campaign funds on them, but now have to disclose who was along and what purpose it served to help them do their job. State Sen. Ron Calderon, D-Montebello, is one of the examples used by critics of the practice.

"except in certain limited circumstances.."
-uhm. no thanks.

in the Asian and Latino San Gabriel Valley communities. I'm assuming it will be mostly online. The school got $12,000 for the first year and $5,000 for the next.

that is the question at FCBlog.

What to do when you run into a mountain lion. (h/t Bethania Palma) Or you can do this. We'll have a story on the La Verne lion in tomorrow's paper.

Anyone get photo?

There is a new reality series, called "The Paper," on at 10:30 p.m. on Mondays. But they apparently don't have workers "making out in Jacuzzis... slamming shots in some raucous club...prancing about in skimpy bikinis on spring break."
-Not a very realistic newsroom then or a realistic chance of catching on either.