Quote of the Day: Mickey Kaus on the LA Times
Kaus has some sympathy for The Tribune Company concerning the financial albatross known as teh Los Angeles Times:
They’ve bought a paper with a history of bloat, gold-plating, and soul-deadening complacency–the “velvet coffin,” as it was known. According to Auletta, it has a thousand editorial employees! With a third of that, you could easily put out a paper that wouldn’t be as good–it would be much, much better. Yet (deposed editor John) Carroll defends every last copy editor.
