WashPost recalls the LAT's Staples Center fiasco

Howard Kurtz, in his post-mortem Monday on Howell Raines' downfall: "The era of sweeping media mishaps under the proverbial rug is long gone, in part because there are so many media outlets now [and blogs, he could have added] that falsehoods are more likely to be exposed.

"Consider some recent history: The Los Angeles Times agreed to share advertising revenue from a Sunday magazine with the Staples Center arena, the subject of the special issue -- an unforgivable outrage that forced the resignations of CEO Mark Willes and Editor Michael Parks."