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"The Weekly's [voting] endorsements expressed the editors' belief that the paper was an important political and journalistic institution with a responsibility to readers and to the broader community interest. The mentality of Lacey & Co. seems to be exactly the opposite: The paper exists to make money and has no moral or political commitment to Los Angeles.

The third change, the big editorial shift to the right, was explained by Harold Meyerson, who had been a top editor and columnist before he was eased out last October. "The city's biggest problem was the erosion of the middle class and the creation of a huge class of full-time workers who were still poor," he told me. "That's why we covered unions and plant closings and Justice for Janitors and the Living Wage campaign. The affluent West Side needed to know what LA had become--and how it could be fixed." Now that focus is gone. In its place the Weekly features gotcha-style hit pieces targeting the city's elite, left and right, without any larger perspective on the possible futures of LA." —Jon Wiener, "End of an Era at the LA Weekly"


some more context for the infamous "dada daydream in chicanoville" piece?

or just...coincidence?

clika:
End of an Era at the LA Weekly—Jon Wiener