Chuck Philips Demands L.A. Times Apology on Tupac Shakur

Hey Chuck,

How about submitting to a polygraph examination regarding your dealings with Suge Knight, Waymond Anderson, and David Mack?

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Get a job, Chuck. Out of the media industry please.

This is quite the trend for the media, being taken in by comedy websites and hustlers. Look at the 60 Minutes episode with Barry Minkow, Fox News reporting articles from The Onion as fact and now the Times being fooled by a con man on those FBI documents.

And the media wonders why people have a jaundiced attitude toward them?

Give me a break! Philips is saying he's vindicated based on the story of Isaac --a convicted murderer who was off the record and now is on the record? What does it prove? And how did The Smoking Gun's Bill Bastone figure out the documents were forged within just a few hours but the "Pulitzer-winning" Philips couldn't tell after several days, if not weeks, to study them?

How about some front page retractions for all those biased stories Philips wrote about his other shady source, Anthony Pellicano? In a shameful breach of journalism ethics, Philips wrote several stories slamming the FBI and the prosecutors of Pellicano's case -- even though he never disclosed that the wiretapping thug was a longtime source. Shockingly, Philips also wrote letters behind the scenes to a key witness, asking him if he "remembered" specific things that might help Pellicano win his case. Check out http://patterico.com/2008/11/2...

One more thing. It's Philips with one l. I still have some journalistic pride.

I worked at the LAT and the culture had always been that reporters fall on the sword for editors. Phillips was trying to get to the truth, which is the entire goal of any reporter worth his or her salt. But why would a person with noble intentions devote their life to a cause attached to a cooperation where management is clearly corrupt? Phillips will never in a million years get a public apology from the Times, but I hope he keeps the issue alive and keeps applying pressure. I have seen editors ruin careers of so many solid reporters. CYA was always the motto among editors from my vast experience as a reporter. It is disgusting. Phillips should call each editor out by name and demand an apology. Although most are probably no longer there because eventually each gets exactly what they gave, it's just a matter of time. The Los Angeles Times sacrificed a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter because the editors in power are more worried about their mortgages and no longer remember why they got into journalism in the first place. Do you think anyone running the LAT cares about the First Amendment? It's laughable even trying to imagine they do. The sad truth is that any young reporter after Phillips knows better than to try to tackle such a controversial investigative piece. Better to stick to the fluff and make sure you punch in and out in order to get paid. Yes, copy editors at the Times now must use a timeclock. It's just a matter of time before reporters will too.

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