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Newsreaders Star Mather Zickel Discusses the Evolution of Fictional Newscaster Louis La Fonda

Fictional newscaster Louis La Fonda is incredibly invested in his work. From investigative reporting to human interest pieces, he likes to dive headfirst into the story. And, that's kind of the problem. The deeper La Fonda explores his assignments, the more of a mess they become. "He really has n ... More >>

2012 Los Angeles Power of Choice Reception

Poor Dog Group: Anti-Theater

Why Is NBC L.A. Phasing Out Its Latino Reporters?

Ana Garcia: 6 p.m. golden girl, no more.​A cross lettersent to KNBC President and General Manager Craig Robinson by the California Chicano News Media Association yesterday points to a strange trend, given L.A.'s booming Latino population: Five Latino news anchors working for Channel 4 have bee ... More >>

Lady Gaga Gets Stuck in Her Own Stunt on "Good Morning America"

ABC NewsTerrifying​You can't arrive in dinosaur eggshells, transform yourself into a motorcycle, and wear raw meat red carpet dresses without some malfunctions. Lady Gaga's decision to zipline into her Good Morning America concert this morning obviously carried some serious concerns, the le ... More >>

Tim Hetherington, Director of Oscar-Nominated War Doc 'Restrepo,' Killed in Libya

Tim Hetherington on the set of "Restrepo"​Update: Chris Hondros took these stunning photographs just hours before he died. More after the jump. Tim Hetherington, a wartime photographer and documentary filmmaker -- along with his associate, Chris Hondros, also a war photojournalist -- were kil ... More >>

Ted Williams, The 'Golden Voice' Homeless Man With On-Air Dreams, Already Worked In Broadcasting In L.A.

Ted Williams, onetime L.A. journo.​Turns out golden-voiced homeless man turned rehabber Ted Williams, whose story of life on the street was punctuated with job offers from Kraft foods and the Cleveland Cavaliers, has some experience in broadcasting already. Perhaps his story isn't a dream com ... More >>

L.A.s Better Business Bureau Investigated For Giving Non-Existing Businesses Memberships, 'A' Grades

BBBDid the L.A. Better Business Bureau sell 'A' grades?​Their slogan is "start with trust." But the Better Business Bureau of Los Angeles has been accused of abusing the trust of those who rely on it to find ethical retailers and services. After an ABC News investigation uncovered allegations ... More >>

Prop. 19 Election Results: Marijuana Legalization Effort Looks Like A FAIL

themadpothead via FlickrLegal weed is going down, but you can still get it with your doctor's nod.​Updated with near-final numbers. First posted at 8:40 p.m. Tuesday. Read our feature, "What Killed Prop. 19?" here. Sorry, pot fans. Fox News is projecting that Prop. 19, the California initiati ... More >>

L.A. Conservative Pundit Andrew Breitbart Dropped As ABC News Election-Night Commentator

He doesn't look too worried about it.​Conservative L.A. blogger Andrew Breitbart was psyched when he found out he'd be an ABC News commenter on election night. He probably should have kept his mouth shut and rolled with the good fortune, however. What he did might have made the gig unravel: H ... More >>

Westlake Village's Larry Garrison Is A Tabloid Story-Placement Guru When It Comes To TV News Programs

larrygarrison.com​The Atlantic magazine this month has a fascinating story about Westlake Village's Larry Garrison, a sort of middle man who brings tabloid stories to mainstream television news producers who want the dirt without having to get their hands dirty. The magazine calls him "The Ne ... More >>

Rep. Brad Sherman Unwittingly Gets Fox News Gum In His Hair Over Black Panther Case

Rep. Brad Sherman​ Rep. Brad Sherman, a Democrat who represents the Valley, has become a Fox News star because he doesn't watch enough Fox News or read right wing blogs that have gone absolutely blotto about a 2008 voter intimidation case involving the New Black Panther Party. The awesome sp ... More >>

HOW GREEN WAS MY LADY

Sol Food: Sun Eats Comet, Not KFC

If you think the Double Down phenomenon is something, you should note that according to MSNBC, the Sun - you know, the blinding orb around which you are revolving this very second - ate an entire comet last weekend in full view of a space observatory and God and everybody, and didn't feel compelled ... More >>

L.A. Press Club Entertainment Journalism Finalists Announced

thewrap.comThe Wrap's founder, Sharon Waxman.​Finalists for the third annual Los Angeles Press Club National Entertainment Journalism Awards
 were announced this week. The Wrap, the start-up website from former New York Times Hollywood reporter Sharon Waxman, took nine nominations, including ... More >>

Walmart Fires Employee For Off-The-Job Medical Marijuana Use

​This could give those long-opposed to Walmart's planned expansion in the city of Los Angeles more ammunition: The retail giant is catching heat for its recent firing of an employee who used medical marijuana off-the-job to treat his cancer-related pain. Joseph Casias has a tumor pressing aga ... More >>

Breaking News: L.A.'s Local TV News Not So Local

​A USC study of local television news released Tuesday found that half-hour newscasts only covered local government issues for an average of 22 seconds, with nearly half of the shows' time left over after ads, sports, weather and teasers were accounted for being devoted to news from outside th ... More >>

Balloon Boy Story Has Wings

In 1987 we had Baby Jessica, an 18-month-old who fell into a Texas well and remained stuck there between October 14 and 16. Her ordeal provided daily fodder for the relatively new 24-hour cycle of cable news. She was a sensation for days and weeks afterward, and she even inspired a television movie. ... More >>

Sister City Act: Tom LaBonge, Our Man in the U.K.

Petra Fried at Mayor Sam's Sister City took umbrage today twice -- over City Councilman Tom LaBonge's absence from the council and the fact that he's apparently junketing in Northern England, doubtlessly impressing locals there with his plenipotentiary powers as District Four's man in the U.K. What ... More >>

Walter Cronkite Dead at 92: What do you remember most?

The news from Politico of the passing of longtime broadcaster Walter Cronkite is bound to bring forth a lot of memories from people who watched him as children, back when the network nightly news shows played a major role in shaping American culture and politics, unlike their far more diminished rol ... More >>

NBC Universal: Big Media's Big Stick

Hollywood Reporter and its journalist, Bond, frozen out over Obama coverage

The Freedom to Write

What you knew, what you wanted to know

Tragedy: A Tragedy

Robert Greenwald's Modest Proposal

How online activists’ fear of Fox News helped drag Democrats into hyperpartisan censorship

This Just In

Hal Fishman

Clooney Vision

Good Night, and Good Luck, a searing requiem for the Fourth Estate, raises questions about truth and paranoia today

The Knightly News

George Clooney tips his hat to Edward R. Murrow

They Shoot News Anchors: Part II

Media moguls, not looters, killed Katrina’s truth tellers

They Shoot News Anchors, Don’t They?

Media moguls, not looters, killed Katrina’s truth tellers

Smoke Got in Their Eyes

Watching black-on-white history

Goodbye to All That

Former Nightline executive producer Leroy Sievers laments the death of serious TV news

The Other Texan

Dan Rather’s Evening News exit

Web Exclusive: NYT Names New TV Beat Reporter

Bush Wins the Air War

Big Media gets rewards for good behavior

When Might Turns Right

Golly GE, why Big Media is pro-Bush

The Fox Convention

Watching with O’Reilly and Kristol et al.

Newspaper Tigers

N.Y. Times and L.A. Times continue to wage war while Big Media gets away with murder

Shovin’ It

Democrats, Hardballers and Class Warriors

Miller's Crossing

Can a pro-Bush comedian get laughs?

Scaredy-Cats

Sex, Lies and a Complicit Media

Why not demand total recall from Arnold?

Full Metal Jeer

God, the Marines and American Idol

The Untold Story

How corporate takeovers make the media less curious

As the World Turns

Not your regular news

Desert Foxes

Congressman Condom

What the Chandra Levy case says about our democracy

Uneasy Rests the Crown

Bad News

L.A.'s Low-Definition TV Journalism

Battle of the Bads