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IMHO, this is strictly CYA by the LAT. I would bet a substantial sum that they and the Chron knew that the numbers were being fudged ahead of the election, and refused to devote the resources to fully investigating it. After all, Simon's bogus criminal indictment (thrown out of court) was so much more important. So now that they have their man safely in office, they can say "see, we exposed it!" when it is of no value (except to the recall campaign, which is a huge long-shot).

This reporting is totally worthless, like all the WaPo articles after impeachment that showed that the VRWC had been right all along about the facts and circumstances of the Lewsinsky matter.

One thing in particular was the constant reporting during impeachment that Clinton was sooooo good at "compartmentalizing" and that he could still run the country. After impeachment, there was a torrent of articles about how he was singularly obseesed with it, and nothing else was gettin done. They knew this was the case during impeachment, and refused to report it. "Better late than never" doesn't apply to good reporting.