While I make movies, controversy erupts

Just over two years ago, I wrote this piece for the LA Weekly. You might want to take a look at it again before reading further.

Then, the other day, James Rainey, subject of the piece, wrote an article critical of the LA Weekly’s news direction under Jill Stewart…the editor who assigned me to write that article about him. But he didn’t mention that he was the subject of such a piece.

Frequent LA Times critic Patterico got on top of this.

Jill responded with some very positive words about me:

It’s hard to imagine that James wrote this attack without being bothered by
a piece we at the Weekly wrote about James and his frequent use of blind
sources while covering his bosses. I am the editor who assigned and edited
the piece about James Rainey by Luke Y. Thompson. Luke’s report on Jim was a
classic Weekly story, assigned and edited by me, tough but factual, and
filled with excellent sourcing.

Then Patterico asked me for a comment, and I gave him one.

All of this is quite amusing because I’ve basically given up writing news stories since my parting of ways with OC Weekly.

But I’ve earned some kudos from right-leaning friends who regularly read Patterico, and probably some demerits from folks like Marc Cooper, whom I still like and respect, and hope to drink with again.

Meanwhile, two movie shoots this weekend, and an ongoing film festival.