The Times Plays Catch-Up
Posted on August 13th, 2008 in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Several weeks after you read about it on this blog, the (NY) Times reports on the LA Council’s vote to impose a moratorium on fast-food restaurants in some poor LA neighborhoods.
Here’s the article’s lede, emphasis added:
A NEW weapon in the battle against obesity was rolled out last month when the Los Angeles City Council decided to stop new fast food restaurants from opening in some of the city’s poorest neighborhoods.
Editorial laziness like this makes me think the Times really does need new ownership.
One Response
8/13/2008 11:04 am
I strongly suggest reading the LA Times if you want to feel better about the NY Times. The LA Times is the paper in need of new ownership. Cutting a third of all your reporters, as Sam Zell has done, is a disaster; running, basically, a think-piece or a trend-piece a couple weeks late, as you’re complaining about here, barely even qualifies as a venal sin.