Los Angeles Times
Andres Martinez, who resigned Thursday as Los Angeles Times editorial page editor, says halting publication of this Sunday's Current section "was not necessary. I think the damage to the institution was significant." He blames publisher
David Hiller and editor
James O'Shea for the brouhaha. "I do think there is a larger dynamic here of an editor and publisher who have been sent out here [from Chicago] and who have a very tenuous grip on the provinces."
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Martinez writes to LAObserved: "O'Shea and Hiller are like military governors sent off to the far reaches of the empire to put down the latest uprising by the imperial subjects, and they have such a tenuous hold on the place, living in fear that they will get macheted down themselves, they caved to a disgruntled newsroom that is annoyed at Chicago, annoyed at them and annoyed at the autonomy of the opinion pages."
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Reporter: "I don't know why he blames the newsroom for this" (WP)
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Martinez isn't the first editor to bed a professional spinner (Radar)
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"It does look to me like Mr. Hiller overreacted," says ethicist (E&P)
