Double-Standard at the L.A. Times
Thanks to Dave Pierre at Newbusters, who has ably defended me against L.A. Times' media critic Tim Rutten's accusation that my initial post on the mayor's love triangle was a "hysterical screed." As Pierre points out, this is classic Times' hypocrisy:
"Hysterical screed"? Oh, really? Rutten may want to look back at his own paper to Robert Scheer's nasty column from August 17, 1999. In the column, Scheer brutally attacked former Speaker Newt Gingrich for his two divorces. Spewed Scheer, "Now it's his turn to be judged bad fruit." Scheer then concluded his column by tagging Gingrich as a "serial home-wrecker."Look, Tim! Scheer used the same word as Weinkopf! But, wait. Gingrich is a Republican. Villaraigosa is a Democrat. Did you publicly report anything "hysterical" with Scheer's column back then? I didn't think so.
Yet another double standard at the LA Times.