'ARNIE WAS FAIR GAME' (LA Slimes fights off criticism, cancellations)

NY POST ^ | October 12, 2003 | LEONARD GREENE and DAVID K. LI

[Liz]

The Los Angeles Times editor behind the controversial revelations about Arnold Schwarzenegger's groping exploits said the governor-elect was fair game, and the paper has no regrets about an expos

[Liz]

John S. Carroll, the L.A. Times' top editor, said the decision to go after the gubernatorial candidate was made early in the campaign, without the help of Democratic operatives or Gov. Gray Davis, whom voters decided last week to replace with the Hollywood action hero.

Duh.

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[mewzilla]

If things were all fine and dandy they wouldn't be still trying to defend the indefensible, would they? Bwah hah hah hah hah.

[jmaroneps37]

The rat media, just as their masters, have always thought that we are children. This recall has scared them and they don't know what to do. They have not realized that there is nothing they can do.

[billhilly]

"John S. Carroll, the L.A. Times' top editor, said the decision to go after the gubernatorial candidate was made early in the campaign, without the help of Democratic operatives or Gov. Gray Davis, whom voters decided last week to replace with the Hollywood action hero."

Just when have the major media needed any prompting to "go after" a republican candidate?

[JZoback]

Going after Arnold is fair game as long as you also investigating his opponent also or at least are silent on Gray Davis.

In reality it was slam Arnold and give Davis a pat on the head almost every day.

That's what pissed people off, is the blatant hypocrisy of the L.A. Slimes

[Reaganesque]

"When we publish, we do it in a timely fashion," Carroll wrote. "Better, I say, to be surprised by your newspaper in October than to learn in November that your newspaper has betrayed you by withholding the truth."

So we can expect that story about Gray Davis physically abusing women on his staff anytime now, right?

[Right_in_Virginia]

In reality it was slam Arnold and give Davis a pat on the head almost every day. That's what pissed people off, is the blatant hypocrisy of the L.A. Slimes

And the "Thursday before the election" timing of the "breaking" story.

[muawiyah]

Mr. Carroll appears to be a no-account man of low moral character anyway so why should he be concerned with what someone else does?

[chiller]

It's a twist on the #1 play in the Democratic playbook. Tell the big lie right before the election, whether its about the budget or a smear on your opponent.

Gray got away with it for a few months, the LA Times did not.

[NewRomeTacitus]

The LaLa Times is toast. They've been bringing in "victims" almost daily and don't realize that each one represents another shovel-full of dirt on their diminishing credibility. Let's hope those women get a nice consolation prize for their participation in the game.

[chiller]

Let's hear from an LA Times insider who would actually know how many cancellations they received. If they say 1,000 , I'll bet it's 10,000.

Put the rat bastards out of business.

[Loyal Buckeye]

Arnie should double the tax rate on all newspaper publishers located in Los Angeles and San Francisco and find alternative outlets for all state advertising.

(I know, he can't do it, but I wish he could.)

[GOPJ]

The LA Times defines Republicans as "fair game". If they define Democrats as "protected friends", does it change the way they report?

Please, one standard.

"...said the governor-elect was fair game, and the paper has no regrets about an exposé that came late in the campaign."

[sgtbono2002]

The article states they decided early in the game to go after Arnold. Then they wait till the last minute to make the "hit" on him. What a trash paper the LA Times is and their Editor is slime.

[MaryFromMichigan]

Your tag line fits what the L.A. editor really meant:

"I aint wrong, I aint sorry , and I am probably going to do it again."

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

Our founding fathers saw a free press as the chance to put ALL candidates on the hot seat. What has corrupted the truth is a newspaper monopoly in most cities with a single large newspaper slanting left in almost every city. Gray Davis and Bill Clinton should have been as much "FAIR GAME" to the LA Times as was Arnold. They got a pass. That's the real hypocrisy.

[boomop1]

The L.A. Times is a Democratic operative, as are most of the newpapers in the USA.

[Cubs Fan]

THey refused to report Gray Davis beating up on a staffer. Yet set outb a task force to discredit Arnold, and released its findings days before the election.

They can deny all they want to, but they got caught. The double standard, and the agenda are clear for all to see.

[IronJack]

the paper has no regrets about an exposé that came late in the campaign.

It isn't important what regrets the PAPER has. The only thing that matters is the perception among its readership. If they regard this "story" as nothing more than a politically motivated hit piece, which is exactly what it is, then they will act accordingly. If they continue to believe the Times will provide them accurate news, they will continue to subscribe. They also believe Bill Clinton didn't inhale.