Oh what tangled webs we weave when we try to make it skinny

In the wake of the scandal surrounding the LATimes’ coverage of Tupac Shakur’s death and the related Sean “Puffy” Combs’ “conspiracy,” I keep thinking about all these accusations of “unprofessional journalism” and the lack of “appropriate verification.” Is it readers’ disappointment? Self-loathing on the part of the Times? Other media outlet’s schadenfreude? Perhaps all of [...]