'Well, it's pretty bad'

The headline is NYU journalism professor and blogger Jay Rosen's response to Warren Olney's question about how big a black eye the L.A. Times has suffered in the Sean Combs-Tupac Shakur fiasco. Also, USC professor Todd Boyd: "When it comes to this topic, I've always found his articles to be written by someone who doesn't know anything at all about hip-hop culture...Clearly Chuck Philips should not be writing about this issue." Which Way, L.A.?