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The Los Angeles Times piece we all expected has finally arrived. And it is the SOB SISTER for Mirthala Salinas.
Telemundo executives are close to deciding the fate of Mirthala Salinas, who had a romantic relationship with L.A.’s mayor while reporting on him.
Mirthala Salinas was a rising star at one of Los Angeles’ premier Spanish-language television stations before she came to be known as the other woman in Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s life.
A respected and aggressive journalist, she anchored a newscast that won two local Emmy Awards at KVEA-TV Channel 52 during her 10 years at the Telemundo station. She earned a Golden Mike broadcasting award as well.
“She was very smart and always had her finger on the pulse of the community,” said one former Telemundo executive, who recalled the 35-year-old newscaster as poised and articulate.
Now, Salinas’ career hangs in the balance as Telemundo executives decide as early as Monday whether to fire her for having a romantic relationship with Villaraigosa while she was covering him as a political reporter.
Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah…….
The Los Angeles Times first apologizes for Mayor Villaraigosa’s immoral and unethical conduct and now is spinning the POWER FUC**R as the poor rising media star as the unfortunate victim.
Instead of directing an inquiry into the Mayor’s relationship with Salinas in the press room and with special interests, they profile Salinas and make a case of her continued employment at NBC/Telemundo:
“She is a community figure; people relate to her and respect her,” said Rochelle Newman-Carrasco, chief executive of Enlace, an L.A. communications marketing firm that specializes in Latino media. “Spanish-language news anchors are not just readers of the news. They are the voice of the community; they are advocates for the community and role models.”
GAG – BARF ALERT
And whether Mirthala’s relationship with the Mayor gave him favorable press treatment and NBC/Telemundo access to stories they otherwise would not have, the Los Angeles Times has this:
In an interview this week, Villaraigosa said he never gave Salinas or Channel 52 an advantage, adding that he regularly appears on many of Los Angeles’ television newscasts and provides almost unfettered access to reporters seeking one-on-one interviews.
“I play more favorites with … the L.A. Times than I have with anybody on this beat,” he said. “Honest-to-God truth.”
MORE GAGGING
During the course of a television interview on June 19, 2006, Villaraigosa walks with Salinas outside the state Capitol.
When the Los Angeles Times wants to protect someone, they go all the way.
But, why is the largest newspaper in Los Angeles protecting Mirthala Salinas and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, excusing their unethical conduct and failing to investigate the affair?
Isn’t it obvious?
Readers, you tell Flap…….
By the way, Mirthala is in NO danger of being fired.
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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: Mirthala Salinas and Bikini Journalism
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: Villaraigosa Skips TV Interview – Dispatches Spin Masters
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: Mirthala Salinas’ Condo Prompts Ethics Questions for Mayor
Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: The Redemption Tour Or A Lesson in How To Spin the Truth
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: Sabrina Kay Says NO To Affair with Mayor; Mayor Says NO to Other Affairs
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: He’s BACK
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: Monday Antonio and Mirthala
Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: Latinas Feel Betrayed As MORE Rumors Circulate; Update: More Women to Watch?
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: Sabrina Kay Rumors Heat Up Los Angeles City Hall
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: Fading Latino Star – Another Alleged Affair Leaves Questions
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: Mirthala Salinas Placed on Leave by Telemundo
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: Still A Contender for California Governor in 2008?
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: The End of a Political Career
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The Los Angeles Times continues to lose circulation:
The comparisons are based on the six-month period ending March 2007 and the six-month period ending March 2006.
4.2 % loss in daily circulation to 815,723
4.7% loss in Sunday circulation to 1,173,096
Other notable newspapers:
The three large national papers made some strides in increases. However, The New York Times, which usually experiences small gains, lost daily circulation, down 1.9% to 1,120,420 while Sunday fell 3.3% to 1,627,062. USA Today reported that daily circulation was up 0.2% to 2,278,022. As reported earlier, The Wall Street Journal also increased, up 0.6% to 2,062,312.
The Washington Post lost 3.4% of its weekday circ to 699,130 copies. Sunday fell 3.2% to 929,921.
Daily circulation at The Orange County (Calif.) Register slipped 5% to 284,613 while Sunday was down 7% to 329,549.
Flap is happy to report that blog readership has increased.
But, it is a rare event indeed that I see anyone reading a newsprint newspaper in public and most of my colleagues, friends and acquaintances do not subscribe.
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A view of the ” Los Angeles Times ” newspaper building in downtown Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times: Times is expected to cut 5% of staff
The Los Angeles Times is expected to announce Monday a plan to cut about 5% of its workforce, or approximately 150 jobs, as profits at the newspaper and its Chicago-based parent company continue to slide.
Times executives said they expected most of the cuts, including nearly 70 newsroom positions, to come through voluntary buyouts. After the reductions, the newspaper would have about 2,625 employees. The news staff would shrink to about 850 people from 920.
Not a Malaise…….
The Los Angels Times doesn’t get IT, now do they?
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Tim Rutten responds – Los Angeles Times: These rules we live by
IT’S been nearly half a century since even a whiff of scandal or implication of misconduct attached itself to The Times’ editorial pages. That’s what makes the resignation of the section’s editor, Andr–s Martinez, and its aftermath a melancholy rather than merely curious affair.
For the record, a substantial number of my more than 35 years at The Times were spent on the paper’s editorial pages — first as an assistant editor of the op-ed page, then as editor of Opinion and, finally, as an editorial writer. I was 24 when I first joined the section, and I vividly recall how daunting it was to be surrounded by vastly more experienced colleagues, many of them genuinely distinguished. I also remember being struck with how an attention to ethics wove itself through even the most mundane parts of our daily work and by — what seemed at the time — a fairly stultifying insistence on propriety.
Suffer through the rest of the self-righteous piece, if you must.
So, who are you going to believe? Martinez or Rutten?
Does it even matter?
Flap at this point has come to agree with Nicki Finke:
And Nikki Finke puts a tremulous finger on the real infection: “Sanctimonious newsroom reporters and editors acting all holier-than-thou about journalism ethics, even though they never complained about the impropriety of their ousted editor Dean Baquet’s behind-the-scenes cozying up to a Billionaire Boys Club of potential local buyers for the LA Times. An editorial editor who oversaw the opinion/Op-ed pages spiralling into irrelevancy, in part because Spring Street’s 2nd floor now panders to neo-con and libertarian and other fringe ideologues whose main qualifications for being published there seem be that they’re all palsy-walsy with each other.”
Days of Our Times indeed………
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Los Angeles Times Watch: GrazerGate FLAP Part III
Los Angeles Times Watch: GrazerGate FLAP Part II
Los Angeles Times Watch: Andres Martinez Quits Over GrazerGate FLAP
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Kevin Roderick has the latest POOP on the GrazerGate Flap.
I’ll post a selection of other emails about the latest twists in the dramedy known as the Los Angeles Times over the weekend. O’Shea, Martinez, Brian Grazer and David Hiller (left to right) plus Kelly Mullens all come up on Saturday’s “Deadline L.A.” at noon on KPFK. Mark Lacter of LA Biz Observed and I discuss the Times situation with hosts Barbara Osborn and Howard Blume. Meanwhile, Radar Online’s John Cook (a former Tribune staffer) talks about O’Shea’s own complications from sleeping with a prominent PR executive — his wife, a manager of media relations for Chicago’s Field Museum.
Patterico asks what’s really going on here? And then proceeds to tell us. He is SPOT ON!
A cabal of staffers in the newsroom tries to influence the direction of the opinion page, some for “ideological†reasons. Martinez resists this attempt at interference.
Then, a cabal of staffers, including at least two well-known left-leaning ideologues, lean on the editor to take an extreme action on a non-scandal — knowing that such drastic action would be an effective way to humiliate Martinez.
Do you think there is any overlap or coordination between the first cabal of staffers and the second? I do.
Do you think this was a legitimate scandal that merited the extreme actions taken by the paper? I don’t.
I think there’s something else going on here. Tim Cavanaugh describes me as sniffing out a “left-wing coup,†and that’s about what I think has happened here.
So, is it Christmas in July?
You bet and stay tuned for more presents from Spring Street.
Andrés Martinez, left, resigned as Los Angeles Times editorial page editor, saying he had been undermined by his publisher, David Hiller.
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Andrés Martinez, left, resigned as Los Angeles Times editorial page editor, saying he had been undermined by his publisher, David Hiller.
New York Times: Los Angeles Times Editorial Page Chief Quits
Andrés Martinez, the editorial page editor of The Los Angeles Times, resigned yesterday, saying he had been undermined by his publisher over what Mr. Martinez described as a “perception of a conflict of interest.â€
Mr. Martinez had helped select Brian Grazer, a Hollywood producer, as guest editor of a special edition of this Sunday’s opinion section, called Current. The paper reported yesterday that Mr. Martinez is in a romantic relationship with Kelly Mullens, a senior executive at the public relations firm that represents Mr. Grazer’s production company.
The publisher, David Hiller, initially said he did not see a conflict, only the appearance of a conflict that could be handled with an editor’s note disclosing the relationship, said James O’Shea, the paper’s editor. But Mr. Hiller changed his mind yesterday after several staff members expressed their concern to Mr. O’Shea, and Mr. O’Shea spoke with Mr. Hiller. Yesterday, Mr. Hiller canceled the special edition.
In a statement last night, Mr. Hiller said that “a potential conflict of interest had emerged†over Mr. Martinez’s relationship with Ms. Mullens. “We believe that this relationship did not influence the selection of Brian as guest editor,†he said. “Nonetheless, in order to avoid even the appearance of conflict, we felt the best course of action was not to publish the section.â€
When informed of the decision, Mr. Martinez resigned and took the unusual step of announcing his decision on a blog on the paper’s Web site. In a defiant note, he wrote that the paper had overreacted, that Mr. Grazer and Ms. Mullens “did nothing wrong†and that Mr. Hiller’s decision made his tenure “untenable.â€
There is the story and the FLAP which is a precis from yesterday’s post.
Now, Andres Martinez STRIKES BACK.
He blames not himself for an ethical gaffe but newsroom reporters who tattle-tailed. These reporters (and Martinez does name names) want the newsroom to influence the editorial pages.
Go figure.
Hell, the Los Angeles Times news stories have been biased and opinionated for years.
The difference here?
Someone from Spring Street finally spills the beans – so to speak.
Hugh Hewitt refers to the HYPOCRISY of former Los Angeles Times Editor, John Carroll.
Patterico adds his insight.
Flap smiles with the vindicative countenance of a pseudo-journalist.
Indeed.
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Hugh Hewitt: The Continuing Collapse Of The Los Angeles Times UPDATE: Martinez Resigns
A few days back The Los Angeles Times trumpeted “the launch of a quarterly guest editor program for Current, the Sunday edition commentary section. Brian Grazer, Oscar® and Emmy®-winning writer-producer, has been chosen to oversee the debut and future guest editors will be similarly intriguing personalities from the worlds of politics, business, culture, entertainment and sports.”
In a blow certain to further erode the paper’s almost non-existent credibility, it has been revealed that Andres Martinez, the editorial page editor and overseer of the project, has been in a relationship with Grazier’s publicist.
Bill Boyarsky has the details. Nikke Finke has much more.
Nikke Finke has this post on Martinez’s resignation.
What a MESS at the Times.
The Tribune Group will be selling this media property at a discount…….
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