While there is blowback towards LA Times writer Michael Hiltzik, the paper has not removed the story, but rather, change the title to soften the hatred and bigotry. UPDATED TO INCLUDE NEWS TALK CLIP Originally titled: “Why Shouldn’t We Danceon-the Graves of anti-vaxxers,” the column was re-titled to “Column: MockingContinue Reading

Rioters and protesters in San Francisco and Los Angeles pulled down and desecrated statues of Catholic missionary St. Junipero Serra. Serra, a Spanish Franciscan missionary to the United States, helped to found nine missions in California in the late eighteenth century. Pope Francis canonized him in 2015. Los Angeles Times reported thatContinue Reading

A report by NPR describes conditions inside of the LA Times newsroom as an “internal uprising,” referring to the social justice war over coverage of protests, riots, looting and hiring practices, “to the point that senior editors have weighed in, promising to listen and learn.” “I would say in theContinue Reading