11:12 PDT, Tuesday January 6, 2009

Notes from LA

“It’s a great place to live, but I wouldn’t want to visit there.” —Will Rogers

Slime of the Times

Right or wrong, the LA Times is again at the center of a storm in the final days of a big election; this time, for what the paper won’t publish. Politico blogger Ben Smith is right: the Times’ explanation for not releasing the Obama/Khalidi video is a hard one to argue with, but that doesn’t make the explanation any more plausible.