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Selected items of news and notes from the media, our in box and other LA Observed sources. Posted some days, often in the morning.
The long captivity of Michael Scott Moore. Outside
Author Nick Schou on Gary Webb, now that a movie starring Jeremy Renner is based on Schou's book "Kill the Messenger:" "Pariah no more." OC Weekly
The media has been slow to embrace Ebola virus coverage: “I was screaming and yelling about it back in May, and I was stunned by how little interest there was,” said Laurie Garrett, a global health expert at the Council on Foreign Relations and a former reporter who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1996 for her coverage of an Ebola outbreak in what was then the Republic of Zaire. Washington Post
Supes candidate Bobby Shriver suggested that the county's response to Ebola has been too sluggish, prompting rival Sheila Kuehl to say he was unnecessarily scaring the public. LAT, KCRW debate
The $68 billion (at least) California High-Speed Rail project looks like a go after the state Supreme Court decided Wednesday not to review a lower court ruling that said project officials have complied with the ballot measure voters approved in 2008. AP
I guess state Senate Pro Tem Kevin de León takes this whole swearing-in thing seriously: big party at Disney Hall. LA Times
For Skid Row cop Deon Joseph, there is always hope. NPR
Warehouse Empire: Behind the largest undercover bribe the FBI ever paid to a public official (in Moreno Valley) is the story of how our whole consumer economy has been transformed, bringing lung-stunting pollution and, in some cases, political corruption. The reporter is Jessica Garrison. Buzzfeed
UC and UCLA spent nearly $4.5 million on legal fees helping defend a professor from criminal charges in the death of a lab assistant in 2008. LAT
Neil Patrick Harris will host next year's Oscars telecast. Variety
Lindsey Bahr, formerly a correspondent for Entertainment Weekly, has been named film writer for The Associated Press in Los Angeles. AP
Benjamin Schwarz, formerly literary and national editor at The Atlantic, joined The American Conservative as national editor. Fishbowl DC
The Ventura County Star announced a cutback of 21 positions "to to increase operational effectiveness." VC Star
A five-part multimedia series on how California urban areas are doing post-recession is airing this week on KPCC and Capital Public Radio: "Five years after the Great Recession officially ended, the California economy looks like a patchwork quilt. Some parts of the state are booming, while others remain mired in high unemployment." CPR
KCET will air KCET: 50 YEARS AT THE FOREFRONT, bringing viewers on a half-century journey through the station's history, at 8 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 20 with reruns to follow.
Which KPCC host are you? They have a quiz.
Man caught on video burglarizing high-end homes after open houses. CBS LA, Fox LA
LA County in 2013 had its fewest number of hate crimes reported in 24 years. LAT
